The policy adds some limits to how tents and tarps are distributed, but critics don't feel it's any significant departure from past policies.

According to city documents, if approved, one of Councilor Grout’s proposals would prohibit camping, or setting up tents in public parks, playgrounds, or open spaces. There would be exceptions for ...

New Delhi: Delhi govt has formed a winter action plan for the homeless, as part of which 200-250 pagoda tents will be set up to provide shelter from the elements to around 2,000 people.

The Delhi government has rolled out a winter action plan for the homeless as part of which 200-250 pagoda tents with a capacity to accommodate around 2,000 people will be set up and 16 rescue teams ...

TULSA, Okla. — A new state law prohibits "unauthorized camps" for the homeless on public land. Essentially, the new law ...

A homeless charity has backed a council's drive to move rough sleepers in tents away from a seaside town's promenade. Blackpool Council announced "a zero tolerance approach" to the tents amid ...

A city park has been overrun with tents where some homeless people have stayed for months - with some tents said to be pitched beside a graveyard. The 171-acre park in Plymouth is filled with ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – With winter weather around the corner, Multnomah County has unveiled its first draft policy on distributing tents and tarps to the homeless. Some county commissioners ...

says tents and tarps are “life-saving supplies” for homeless people, and they “mitigate the poor health outcomes associated with unsheltered homelessness and provide a limited level of ...

Assessing the size of the homeless population is full of challenges and has often led to undercounts, but a team of researchers at the University of Washington has developed a system that they say ...