Homelessness

About 40 housing providers set up shop at the Coliseum in downtown St. Petersburg to attend the hurricane recovery rental housing fair. The city partnered with the Bay Area Apartment Association to host the public event on Jan. 22.

Hillsborough County's homeless and community services director said that's putting a strain on volunteers who are coming back every night while managing their own lives.

Dozens of families are uncertain where they will sleep tonight after fire marshal shutters Imperial Swan Hotel & Suites in Lakeland.

Police will continue making arrests under a city ordinance prohibiting camping or sleeping on public property.

This new year, Florida residents, business owners, and Attorney General can bring civil action against local governments that fail to comply with the new state mandate.

"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.