Dasani Showed Us What It’s Like to Grow Up Homeless. She’s Still Struggling.

“Invisible Child,” by the New York Times reporter Andrea Elliott, expands on her much-admired 2013 series, following the lives of a New York City child and her family, as they strive to stay together and make ends meet.

Eric Adams, N.Y.C.’s likely next mayor, wants to turn shuttered hotels into permanent housing for the homeless.

Thousands of rooms in hotels shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic would become “supportive housing” under a plan announced by New York’s likely next mayor.

Housing Boss Earns $1 Million to Run Shelters Despite a Troubled Past

Some executives at nonprofit groups that operate New York City homeless shelters are benefiting from the plight of the people they serve.

Opinion | ‘The Moratorium Saved Us. It Really Did.’

With the eviction moratorium over, the road to more opportunity and less inequality runs through affordable housing.

Opinion | It Shouldn’t Take 50 Meetings to Build Some Apartments

How to solve the housing crisis (part 3).

When Dasani Left Home

What happens when trying to escape poverty means separating from your family at 13?

Opinion | No, California Isn’t Doomed

With a budget surplus and plans for fixing its biggest problems, the Golden State is looking a bit more golden.

California Housing Is a Crisis Newsom Can Take Into His Own Hands

Having survived a recall vote, the governor is free to focus on the state’s homeless population and housing shortage. He has more room to maneuver than he did when he first took office.

California Housing Is a Crisis Newsom Can Take Into His Own Hands

Having survived a recall vote, the governor is free to focus on the state’s homeless population and housing shortage. He has more room to maneuver than he did when he first took office.

Opinion | The U.S. Is Winning the War on Poverty

Government programs have steadily reduced the share of people in poverty

A Sanctuary Takes Shape, Framed Around Migrants

Near Tijuana’s border with San Diego, innovative housing is being constructed for refugees.

Opinion | California Could Throw Away What It’s Won

A crazy recall process could lead to repudiation of the state’s policy successes.

Opinion | Want to Solve the Housing Crisis? Take Over Hotels.

A discussion on the escalating problem of unaffordability.

Man Was Held for More Than 2 Years Over Mistaken Identity, His Lawyer Says

Joshua Spriestersbach was arrested in 2017 in Hawaii after a police officer thought he looked like a man who had an outstanding warrant, according to a petition to clear his record.

New York Is Pushing Homeless People Off the Streets. Where Will They Go?

Cleanup crews are clearing encampments, but advocates say the sweeps just move people from one place to another and fail to address the housing crisis.

Opinion | How Many People Are at Risk of Losing Their Homes in Your Neighborhood?

Evictions are returning, and more than six million households are behind on rent.

Overnight Vaccination Drive in Rome Reaches Out to the ‘Most Fragile’

Nearly 900 people showed up for music, free espresso and cornetti, and a chance for protection against the coronavirus.

Los Angeles Has a Housing Crisis. Can Design Help?

As Angelenos grapple with ways to address affordable housing, density and homelessness, a new architecture competition looks to low-rise solutions.

Scorching Hot in Phoenix: What It’s Like to Work in 115 Degrees

Phoenix is facing a double heat and housing crisis that is falling hardest on people who have to suffer the sun.

How the Candidates for N.Y.C. Mayor Would Tackle Homelessness

In the Democratic primary’s last days, and with New York’s economy starting to regain its footing, a chronic problem gains new urgency.