When Cass Tretyak started working in homeless services helping unhoused clients get the basics such as shelter and food, she realized she had a blindspot: she didn't know where anything was, and if ...

Founder Veronika Scott had the idea to make coats that turn into sleeping bags as a college student in 2010. The organization ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — During a 14-day administrative review, Detroit Deputy Mayor Melia Howard was tasked with investigating what happened in the tragedy involving ...

Six mayoral candidates spoke about how they'd ramp up housing that's affordable for Detroiters and tackle homelessness at a July 16 forum organized by local social service agencies. Homelessness ...

The stage lights were warm on my skin, and the sound from the microphone clipped to my shirt reverberated around the theater. As I recited my lines, I looked out at the crowd. High schoolers are harsh ...

In response to public anger over the freezing deaths on February 10 of two-year-old A’millah Currie and nine-year-old Darnell Currie Jr., the Democratic mayor of Detroit, Mike Duggan, commissioned ...

Tim McCabe, president and CEO of Pope Francis Center in Detroit, is a Ferndale native who moved to the city when he was 18 years old to work with nonprofits serving the homeless. Years later, he was ...

Detroit — When 68-year-old Roger Jackson’s body was discovered in the hallway of a Detroit apartment building in April with a deadly mix of cocaine, fentanyl and xylazine in his system, a referral for ...

In 2024, 274,224 people across the U.S. were said to be living on the street on a single night. In response, President Trump issued an executive order to commit those with mental illness who pose a ...