From a closed motel to permanent housing for people experiencing homelessness
A local motel is hoping to serve as a housing option for those who don't have a home.
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A local motel is hoping to serve as a housing option for those who don't have a home.
After months of calling for help, a homeless encampment on a man's property in south Minneapolis has been cleared.
A new collaboration between the local VA and Catholic Charities aims to end homelessness among Minnesota's veterans.
A new collaboration between the local VA and Catholic Charities aims to end homelessness among Minnesota's veterans.
A Minneapolis homeowner says his property has been taken over by people living in tents. Only on WCCO, Reg Chapman spoke with him, and a former encampment specialist, about this tough issue.
Dakota County commissioners have shut the door on what would have been the first homeless shelter in the Twin Cities suburbs.
Dakota County Commissioner Laurie Halverson wants to turn Norwood Inn & Suites in Eagan into a permanent homeless shelter with 24/7 services for unhoused adults.
More than 100 unhoused people packed their belongings and cleared an encampment site along Highway 55 in Minneapolis Thursday morning.
Law enforcement cleared out a large encampment of unhoused people in Minneapolis today. The site is right next to the wall along Highway 55, near East 22nd Street. Caroline Cummings reports.
On Wednesday, the Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans was handed keys to a brand new four-bedroom home.
A group is looking for more support from the City of Minneapolis to end homelessness and fight the opioid epidemic in the Native community.
A group is looking for more support from the City of Minneapolis to end homelessness and fight the opioid epidemic in the Native community.
The nonprofit provides personal care, trust, and a sense of community to about 350 clients each day, many of whom they hope to move from long-term homelessness into stable lives.
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Leaders hope to keep the spirit of their organization alive by transforming the four acres of property into a "Veterans Village," a complex that would bring 200 new multi-family housing units—some below market rate so they're affordable—designed to prioritize people who served our country and their families.
The site of a now shuttered American Legion Post could be the site of dozens of new apartments for people who serve. Caroline Cummings reports on the project and its impact.
WCCO’s own Shayla Reeves emceed a fundraiser Wednesday night in Minneapolis to help young people from age 16 to 24 find a safe place to stay in Hennepin County.
A Minneapolis coffee shop is expanding across the river to St. Paul, bringing more opportunities to employ young people experiencing homelessness.
A Minneapolis coffee shop is expanding across the river in St. Paul, bringing more opportunities to employ young people experiencing homelessness.
While many are inside watching snow pile up, there is concern for the unsheltered. And many of those living on the street are veterans.
In a project to help unhoused Minnesotans, Travis Smith is creating sleeping mats made from cut-up plastic bags.
"In Minneapolis there's outreach agencies that go out in the middle of the night, in the coldest part of the night, and look for people and bring people survival gear, so they're working around the clock," King said. "But they can't find everybody. It's just dangerous."
A formerly-homeless family of 13, who finally found a new start, is again looking for a place to stay after a fire.
Officials said that the encampment was regarded as a "critical safety concern" following a fatal shooting there last week. The victim in that shooting was 27-year-old Adnan Mohamed Ali.
The growing number of tent cities across the state is proof there is a need for housing in Minnesota. Inside the scattered encampments, homeless veterans have found refuge.
