Boston recorded a notable drop in homeless residents during an annual census of the population earlier this year, city officials announced Tuesday. The snapshot, collected on a single night in January ...

Massachusetts’ housing crisis is a major contributor to homelessness in Greater Boston, where people relying on shelters or living on the streets surged dramatically in 2023, a new report found. The ...

Dr. Jim O'Connell hardly ever saw people living in tents, let alone encampments of people sleeping on the streets, during the first three decades of his 40-year career treating Boston's homeless. The ...

Just after midnight on Thursday, while hundreds of thousands of Bostonians slept in warm homes with solid roofs, a collection of city employees, social workers and other caring souls searched for ...

The Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, a pioneering nonprofit that has provided medical care to individuals and families for nearly 40 years, is cutting staff and services due to federal ...

Hepatitis A cases have been confirmed among Boston homeless individuals, as city public health officials urge healthcare providers to “be vigilant” for signs of the highly contagious liver infection ...

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BOSTONBOSTON — Police would be given the power to remove tents and other makeshift shelters at a Boston intersection that’s become home to a sprawling encampment for the homeless, many of whom ...