A federal judge has stopped a southern Oregon city’s attempt to shut down a church’s homeless meal service, ultimately ruling against the city government in a key First Amendment case. U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Clarke ruled Wednesday that an ordinance passed by the small city of Brookings, on the southern Oregon coast, violated the religious freedom rights of St. Timothy’s …
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An Atlanta property owner explained how his good deed turned into a nightmare after squatters took advantage of his kindness and trashed his property. “It just got out of hand,” David Morris told “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday. The saga began about ten years ago, when Morris let four people live on the nine-acre Georgia property for free temporarily on …
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BOSTON (AP) — Families staying in overflow shelter sites in Massachusetts will soon have to document each month their efforts to find a path out of the overflow system, including looking for housing or a job, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced Monday. Beginning May 1, families will have to be recertified monthly to remain eligible to stay in the state-run …
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Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., joined “Fox News Live” to break down his criticism of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s and the state’s efforts to combat its homeless and mental health crisis. “You can’t keep throwing money at the symptoms,” Issa argued. California recently voted to approve a ballot measure, Proposition 1, allowing the state to raise a $6.4 billion bond to build …
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Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson appeared to blame Trump voters in his reaction to a failed referendum he supported. On Tuesday, Chicago residents struck down the “Bring Chicago Home” referendum that promised $100 million in new tax revenue to combat the homeless crisis in the city by hiking the tax on heftier real estate purchases. Voters rejected the tax proposal …
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A bill anticipated to generate at least $100 million annually from real estate sales to provide permanent affordable housing for Chicago’s homeless appears to be heading for defeat as results continue to be counted following Tuesday’s Illinois primary. The ‘Bring Chicago Home’ bill garnered increasing opposition leading up to election day and the voting results may place the controversial ordinance …
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A ballot measure that would require California to spend billions of dollars on the state’s spiraling homeless crisis was passed by a razor-thin majority Wednesday, two weeks after residents cast their votes. Proposition 1 requires strict requirements on counties to spend on housing and drug treatment programs for homeless people, as well as allowing the state to raise a $6.4 …
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A Venezuelan migrant has gone viral after he posted a video to social media that explained how illegal immigrants can take advantage of squatting laws and stay in American homes. “I have thought about invading a house in the United States,” a man identified as Leonal Moreno said in the TikTok video. “I found out that there is a law …
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Hundreds flooded the streets of a Brooklyn neighborhood this weekend to protest the establishment of a men-only homeless shelter. Residents, politicians and local business owners of the neighborhood of Bensonhurst united in protest Saturday against the creation of the shelter that is expected to hold 150 homeless men, including those with mental health challenges. Marie Brullo, a Bensonhurst resident for …
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