Sentences with phrase «of homeless people»

The number of homeless people in city shelters has exceeded 60,000 for the first time in history, official data revealed.

The city has seen an explosion in homelessness over the last three years, with the number of homeless people in the shelter system crossing 60,000 late last year.

An explosion in the population of homeless people on the street.

Despite that promise, the number of homeless people living in hotels has grown over the past year.

This is a similar program with a focus on providing pet food and medical treatment for the pets of homeless people so they can keep their beloved friends.

Her clients on this day are the four - legged companions of a group of homeless people who live in a camp off Mercy Drive.

At the association's annual convention, she had members pack meals that were delivered to thousands of homeless persons.

About 40 percent of homeless people have some kind of mental health problem.

The average age of death of homeless people is just 47 - 30 years lower than the general population.

The degree to which this is a myth depends somewhat on your region, as studies say that the percentage of homeless people suffering from addiction varies from city to city.

All I know is near my own town some forty miles away there is a huge population of homeless people.

«We think of homeless people as literally on the street or packed in shelters in metropolitan areas,» he explains.

More than three times more men than women commit suicide, and the vast majority of homeless people are male.

She says it is important that service agencies be aware of those changes and how they will affect the needs of homeless people.

There are many programs that accept all sorts of donations for the care of both homeless people and their pets.

This was quite a shock to me, and I began to ask questions that changed my view of homeless people forever.

I am always impressed that most of the homeless people we meet are respectful, take their turn and share the little the have with each other.

The complexity of the answer lies in the history of a homeless people.

There has been a recent explosion in the number of homeless people living on our streets.

For example, the city recently passed a «no camping» ordinance to restrict the number of homeless people who were camping in city parks and vacant lots.

Under that model, the life of a popular member of a congregation is worth more than the life of a homeless person in His eyes.

Between 5 and 10 percent of homeless people have dogs and / or cats.

Although small point, I am not sure the death of every homeless person is a result of them being homeless.

I feel that homelessness has so many factors behind it and that the vast majority of homeless people are not simply lazy as so many would label them.

More police officers have been sent into the New York City subway to address the large number of homeless people sleeping on trains during cold winter nights, the police said.

Meanwhile, Chapter One's Street 2 Feet Homeless Football Tournament essentially brought in lots of homeless people from around England to take part in a football tournament.

The appeal, brought by the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (DVBIA) and the City of Vancouver (COV), seeks to overturn a finding that the Downtown Ambassadors private security program's targeted and repeated removal of homeless persons from public spaces in downtown Vancouver constituted discrimination under the BC Human Rights Code.

A group of homeless people in Bristol could be effectively kicked out of the city today if a court grants an injunction applied for by the local council.

Who among us hasn't read and cried over the plight of a homeless person who, in refusing to abandon their companion animal, is now living with them in their car or on the street?

This case was about whether the Downtown Ambassadors» removal of homeless people from public property in downtown Vancouver is discriminatory under human rights law.

Good Neighbor Award Winner Lei Barry has helped thousands of homeless people with transitional housing and the skills to make a fresh start.

Unfortunately, the Court upheld the 2012 dismissal of the human rights complaint brought on behalf of homeless people in Read More

Shortly after Dave and I moved to New Mexico, I began noticing how many of the homeless people here have pets with them.

Their efforts range from planting a flower to helping hundreds of homeless people not get evicted from an abandoned church.

asks They Live in the opening scenes, as images of homeless people fill depressed urban slums and crowd around TVs to see how the rest of the country lives.

Dozens of homeless people interviewed by The AP this week made it clear that it will take more than the expanded outreach programs announced recently by the mayor and governor to bring them in from the cold.

For example, when discussing homelessness, explore the stigma and stereotypes of homeless people in the U.S..

They include the Excellence in Journalism Award given by the Canadian Journalism Foundation; the Special Award for External Press: Advocating for the Needs and Rights of Homeless People given by the International Network of Street Newspapers; and three Best of 604 Awards voted on by the online community in B.C.'s Lower Mainland.

Christoph Büchel, the irrepressible, inexhaustible Swiss provocateur, whose projects have ranged from staging a sex club at Secession in Vienna to allegedly showing the belongings of homeless people at the Frieze New York fair as sculptures to turning his London... Read More

I shouldn't have to see the pain, struggle, and despair of homeless people to and from my way to work every day,» reads the blog post.

The Anglican Diocese of London has encouraged Christians to spend the night on their sofas on Thursday to raise awareness of homeless people who aren't reflected in rough sleeping statistics.

The figures show 14 - per - cent of homeless people in England are women (653) and 16 - per - cent are EU nationals from outside the UK (730).

reported in late November that estimates of homeless persons across the nation have risen from 1.5 million to 2 million.

Asked whether he thought some residents would oppose the idea, he told Premier: «I think that whilst there is a resistance recognised by all policy makers about imposing extra taxes on people, I have a funny feeling that all of us have our consciences touched by seeing the huddled form of homeless people on the streets.

It is the raging plaint of a homeless people in a Babylonian death camp.

One study in San Francisco found that only about a quarter of homeless people were alcoholics, while a report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development found the number was closer to 60 percent.

Before you leave you stuff your bag with the scones that didn't quite make it because chances are you'll pass a couple of homeless people on your way to the store.

The drunkenness and loneliness reduces the saint, at least for a moment, to the level of the homeless people in downtown Detroit.

In Logan Square, where open space is scarce, the 3 - mile elevated Bloomingdale Line — now home to more than a handful of homeless people — has provided inspiration for bikers.