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In this year’s homeless point-in-time count, it was reported that 1,108 persons currently experience homelessness in the city of Berkeley, an increase of 14 percent since the last count in 2017.
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Within two weeks of opening, the Pathways STAIR Navigation Center has been completely filled and has found permanent housing for five people.
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In a 2017 annual assessment conducted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, Alameda County’s homeless population ranks among the largest homeless communities in the nation.
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Berkeley City Council voted unanimously to develop policies to increase support and resources for the city’s homeless youth population Tuesday.
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Berkeley’s iconic People’s Park could include supportive housing for its homeless residents in the future, as part of UC Berkeley’s larger effort to redevelop the site.
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Volunteers counted 664 homeless living outside of shelters, the highest number of unsheltered individuals counted in Berkeley and Alameda County in the last eight years, in their biennial census of Berkeley’s homeless.
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Tuesday morning at 5 a.m., more than 200 homeless guides and 500 volunteers will join a nationwide count and set off to estimate the number of homeless individuals living outside in Alameda County.
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The city updated a storage unit pilot initiative for homeless individuals Friday, with proposed plans to add additional facilities and hire more city staff to oversee the program.
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Berkeley City Council will meet Tuesday to discuss the results of a homeless point-in-time count, which indicate a 53 percent increase in Berkeley’s unsheltered homeless population since 2009.
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Slightly more than a year after the failure of a controversial sit-lie measure, many advocates and opponents of the measure can agree on at least one thing: there has been slow progress on homelessness in Berkeley.
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