Homelessness

Mayor Cara Spencer and other officials announced a “historic” investment of $14 million to bolster winter sheltering, with the expectation that people displaced by the May 16 tornado will increase the need.

The UM president addressed homeless encampments and downtown crime in a Sept. 27 letter to students and employees.

Each year, volunteers venture out nationwide on a single night for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s point-in-time count in an effort to tally the country’s homeless population. Rural volunteers say they rely on the count to aid their unhoused populations. Meanwhile, experts say HUD may be undercounting.

There are around 800 emergency and transitional beds year-round, but it’s still not enough to meet the demand.

New Life Evangelistic Center, which used to operate a homeless shelter in St. Louis' Downtown West, doesn't want the city to shut the encampment because trash creates unsanitary conditions.

Following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, the Metro East city took action to curb what police and officials view as a worsening problem.

The decision is a win for Western cities that wanted more powers to manage record homelessness. But advocates for the unhoused say the decision will do nothing to solve the larger problem

The study shows homelessness has risen since last year —and outreach workers aim to place people in permanent housing with the help of a new data-collection method.

Sonnier went back to the drawing board after her Unhoused Bill of Rights faced intense criticism.

The Democratic official also discussed some high-profile traffic accidents involving police officers, which have prompted public outcry.