Ninth annual Winter Walk to end homelessness steps off Sunday in Boston
Executive Director Paulina Kusiak Daigle said thousands are expected to take part in the walk, which aims to raise $500,000.
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Executive Director Paulina Kusiak Daigle said thousands are expected to take part in the walk, which aims to raise $500,000.
A business owner in Brockton is moving his tech support company out of the city, saying he's fed up with homelessness and the associated issues plaguing downtown.
Between 2023 and 2024, Massachusetts experienced a more than 50% increase in homelessness. Among families with children, it climbed a staggering 74%. WBZ-TV's Juli McDonald reports.
A business owner in Brockton is moving his tech support company out of the city, saying he's fed up with homelessness and the associated issues plaguing downtown. WBZ-TV's Samantha Chaney reports.
Many volunteers were on hand to help celebrate the holidays at St. Francis House in Boston on Wednesday. WBZ-TV's Samantha Chaney reports.
Sophia Casini collected more than 4,700 pairs of socks this year as part of a drive she's been doing since she was 4 years old.
A church and day center for those experiencing homelessness in Lowell, Massachusetts has been fined for a trash violation as the city sees its first snow of the season.
A church and day center for those experiencing homelessness in Lowell, Massachusetts has been fined for a trash violation as the city sees its first snow of the season. WBZ-TV's Tiffany Chan reports.
Boston's Bridge Over Troubled Waters is tackling the challenges homeless youth face by bringing the help they need right to them.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey wants to limit stays for migrant and homeless families in emergency shelters to six months.
Brockton, Massachusetts is cracking down on homeless encampments in their city. It's a move some leaders are calling immoral.
The city of Brockton, Massachusetts is joining Lowell in cracking down on homeless encampments, sparking calls for compassion for the less fortunate. WBZ-TV's Tiffany Chan reports.
When Adrian Oomer learned about homelessness in second grade, he felt the kind of sadness that compels people to action.
Advocates for the homeless are imploring Gov. Healey to rescind a new policy that allows some families only five days to stay in the state's four emergency overflow shelters.
Advocates and families gathered on Monday to urge lawmakers to take action for homeless families in Massachusetts.
Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday said Massachusetts is "out of shelter space" and announced changes that include a 5-day stay limit.
State contracts obtained by the I-Team show taxpayers are paying tens of millions of dollars to hotels for rooms and food.
A Worcester 12-year-old spent Easter Sunday delivering hundreds of Easter baskets to babies and children experiencing homelessness in Massachusetts.
A Worcester 12-year-old spent Easter Sunday delivering hundreds of Easter baskets to babies and children experiencing homelessness in Massachusetts.
Students at Northeast Metropolitan Tech vocational high school in Wakefield are building dressers for children transitioning out of homeless shelters.
WBZ TV's Katrina Kincade reports.
Victor Oliveira is helping people who are largely ignored by others because he's been through their struggle.
Rents over the last two decades have risen much faster than employee pay, contributing to an escalating homelessness crisis in the U.S.
The Supreme Court said Friday it will weigh whether a city's enforcement of rules prohibiting homeless residents from camping on public property violates the Constitution's protection from cruel and unusual punishment.
A record 650,000 people experienced homelessness on a single January night, a 12% jump from a year earlier.
