homelessness

A downturn in the number of people found to be experiencing homelessness in York County could be due to a lot of things. So could an uptick in Lancaster County.

With a broader use of a phone-based survey, homeless services providers in Rock Hill are hoping expanded (and faster) data can help the city craft more effective programs, end to end.

The PIT count happens at the end of every January, across the country. With expanded questions and a growing focus on homelessness, cities like Rock Hill and Columbia want their data to yield new ways to combat an escalating problem.

Lancaster County Coroner Karla Deese hasn't seen a hypothermia death in her office in a while. She's deeply concerned that that will change as housing instability and frozen temperatures collide.

In the third part of our three-part look at Rock Hill's Rapid Rehousing Program, we meet a pair of landlords willing to take a chance on those eager to get themselves off the streets.

Aiken sees a tiny home community as a solution to the immediate needs of the city's unhoused residents. Critics say the plan doesn't solve affordability. But what do folks who could live in a tiny home think of the idea?

A workshop for those experiencing homelessness is giving voice to writers who are already finding connection.

After two months of sleeping in the Salvation Army Center of Hope homeless shelter, Margaret Davis has had no luck finding an apartment she can afford.The 55-year-old grandmother receives about $750 a month from the federal government. She’s trying to live on just $50 cash and $150 in food stamps each month so she can save enough for a place to call home.Davis is homeless even though she receives funds from the Supplemental Security Income program, a hard-to-get federal benefit that was created nearly 50 years ago to lift out of poverty Americans who are older, blind, or disabled.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has identified legal services as one of the most significant unmet needs of homeless and poor veterans. The University…

The October 2015 flood created new cases of homelessness in the Midlands of South Carolina. But despite that increase, the United Way of the Midlands has…