homeless

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But a 2021 set at a notorious homeless encampment in Oakland earned backlash from advocates, who said the band was taking advantage of desperate people to throw aesthetically nihilistic punk shows.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

In February, he took further steps during the harsh weather, freeing up hotel rooms, placing 1,400 people in homeless shelters, and sending another 150 outreach workers to the streets.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Those who are granted leave to remain are given 42 days to move on from that accommodation but many end up applying to the local council as being homeless.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

For now, we are politically homeless, but whichever party can give us adequate shelter will gain a moral and political windfall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

I fight the impulse to reach up and touch his eyes, to check and make sure they really belong to Joon and not some sad grandfather, homeless and lying in the street.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na