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The most-recent survey available, from January 2025, puts the homeless population in the U.S. at about 746,000, including about 134,000 children, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

“We’re scared, we’re children, and we’re in a facility that looks like a jail.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Britain's competition watchdog said Thursday that it had opened an investigation into Irish carrier Ryanair over fees that parents must pay to sit with their children.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Thirty percent of the homeless population consists of families, most of whom are households headed by women with preschool-age children.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Two children, trying to play, stab sticks into the mud.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes