The counts are imperfect, but they’re important data informing government programs to prevent homelessness and get people back on their feet, said Edie Irons, a spokesperson for the nonprofit All Home,

Organizations in Oakland County are getting a snapshot of the area's homeless population as volunteers tally the number of people experiencing homelessness while providing important resources.

Homeless mothers who were evicted last week from an Oakland house where they were squatting plan to move back after speculators agreed to sell the property to a nonprofit organization, it was announced Monday. Wedgewood Inc. will sell the home to the ...

The final remnants of a large homeless encampment on East 12 th Street in Oakland are being removed and most of the former residents have accepted spots at the city’s newest transitional housing facility, city officials announced Friday. Crews from the ...

Oakland city officials issued a call Tuesday for 500 volunteers for the 2026 Point-In-Time Count on Jan. 22. The PIT count is a census of people experiencing homelessness that is mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The ...

Of the dozens of people we interviewed at an Oakland homeless camp over the three months I spent getting to know its residents, Gilberto Gonzalez Rojas stood out for his sartorial selections. As we discuss in the article about the camp, which was published ...