homeless

Canada’s federal government is providing additional funding to address homelessness, a pressing problem in the country. As Cecile Docto tells us in this report, Filipino residents in Vancouver are also making efforts to help those in...

For about a year now, a Fil-Am from the San Francisco Bay Area has been working to spread kindness and help the community amid the pandemic. Her latest initiative specifically aims to benefit the homeless and...

In his annual State of the City Address Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced plans to help residents struggling financially and tackle the city’s homelessness crisis as well as institutional racism. Steve Angeles reports....Read More

How are homeless people in San Francisco coping amid the pandemic? We check in with homeless Filipinos whom we interviewed in the 2017 BA original documentary “Box City” to find out. Henni Espinosa visits their current...

Thanks to an outpour of support from the Filipino community, a 69-year-old homeless woman is now a step closer to reuniting with her children with whom she lost contact years ago. A fundraiser is also still...

KALIHI, HI — Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, government leaders continue to find various ways to assist the homeless to make sure they stay safe and healthy during these trying times. One facility in Iwilei opened recently...

LOS ANGELES —  With about 58,000 homeless people living in Los Angeles county –  tents like these have scattered in various neighborhoods — with advocates trying to fight evictions of encampments like they did in Echo Park...

CHICAGO, IL — “Doing something good in exchange for life. Naniniwala ako talaga na may misyon.”  62-year-old Mary Carmen Madrid Crost has been suffering from a serious medical condition — but in the midst of it all,...

In Hawaii, the shooting of a homeless Filipino man by a deputy sheriff back in February has now been reclassified as second-degree murder. Honolulu police initially said the case has been referred to the city prosecutor’s...

LOS ANGELES — The city of Angels is not counting stars — it’s trying to sum up its homeless population. And the figures are staggering. 59,000 is the new approximated number of people living on the streets...