Homelessness

"The Florida Roundup" talked with reporters from across the state on topics including the hurricanes and how South Florida turning red affected the 2024 elections.

During hard times his senior year, Mike Steele secretly lived at his high school. Hernando High was “the best thing that ever happened to me.” Thirty years later, he’s still giving back.

It has 99 of the portable living units on its shelter campus and says it's on track to add 90 more by mid-2025.

In an election year during which state and local laws have taken aim at unhoused people, those most impacted face unique barriers to voting.

The land was bought by Pasco County in July, and was initially planned as a place to provide temporary housing for people experiencing homelessness.

Local governments can no longer allow people to sleep in streets, public buildings or public rights of way

A new Florida law starting Oct. 1 mandates counties and cities to provide shelter for unsheltered people, but plans are lacking.

A U.S. Department of Education survey found that around 8% of college students are unhoused, more suffer food insecurity.

Both 2024 presidential candidates have made housing part of their legislative priorities for this election. Two Florida economists weight in on how each of these might affect voters in Central Florida.

The law takes effect on Oct. 1 and focuses on people who don't have housing. Martha Are, the CEO of the Homeless Services Network of Central Florida, said a lack of housing is at the center of the issue.

The American Rescue Plan set aside $800 million for initiatives to fight student homelessness. States have used a little over $416 million.

SALT’s mobile shower and laundry services downtown will not temporarily shut down this summer, thanks to support from the Big Nova Foundation.