Programs and policies to help domestic abuse survivors find safe housing work only if they’re implemented and supported with resources.

Public service systems need to do a better job of working with parents to support homeless children, a new study shows.

"If you want to make progress fighting the opioid epidemic, tackling homelessness is one route to do that."

As US cities struggle to reduce homelessness, two scholars explain how planners can reform shelter design to be more humane and to prioritize mental health and well-being.

Interviews with unhoused people who've recently experienced opioid overdose indicate ways to approach places like "Mass and Cass" in Boston.

Efforts to prevent homelessness can work, according to a new study that shows emergency financial assistance can keep people housed.

Tracy Kidder’s “Rough Sleepers” follows Jim O’Connell, who provides Boston's homeless with health care, hot soup, and the occasional $5 bill.

Katherine Koh, a street psychiatrist at Mass. General Hospital, explains the complicating factors behind New York City’s proposal to involuntarily treat mentally ill homeless people.

For preschoolers, forming a bond with their teacher is important. A new study shows that may be especially true for homeless children.