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The number of homeless public school students in Pennsylvania increased by more than 30 percent from 2015-2018, according to a report released last month…
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The U.S. government declared this year that 20 counties in western Pennsylvania have effectively ended veteran homelessness.The area, which stretches from…
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Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said city and county officials are in talks to build a homeless shelter in downtown Pittsburgh.He said a likely site would be…
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The homeless population is especially at risk from the polar vortex that has descended on much of the country, including Pittsburgh, and is expected to…
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The City of Pittsburgh’s Housing Opportunity Fund is one step closer to investing in affordable housing. A preliminary plan for 2018 spending was approved…
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Nomad Motel is a new play that might challenge your concept of homelessness, and especially of homeless kids.The play, by Carla Ching, takes place in…
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On a mild spring day, 47-year-old Tom Lefevre stood on his apartment’s back porch, which overlooks a quiet, wooded area in the borough of Bellevue, just…
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On a sidewalk in the South Side, Aubrey Plesh is serving a hot, home-cooked meal off a folding table. It's covered with loaded mashed potatoes, chicken…
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In the late 1990s, Kristee Cammack was taking classes at Slippery Rock University. For one course, she had to write a paper on what she’d like to change…
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High school can be hectic enough, but 3,000 students in Allegheny County experienced homelessness during the last school year. Eight students who had…