The city of Detroit announced a seven-point-plan nearly a year ago to help Detroiters who are unhoused and on the streets, ...

Mayors Duggan and Sheffield have taken new approaches to get services to those in need, such as sending outreach teams to ...

A'Millah Currie, 2, and Darnell Currie Jr., 9, died in 2025 after they'd been sleeping in their mom's van in a Greektown ...

Symone Wilkes and her children were homeless for about four months last year. She spoke to the Detroit Free Press about her experiences.

The room does not need a speech to tell you why people came. When Detroit held its homeless remembrance ceremony honoring those who died, the gathering created space to pause together and honor lives ...

Bitter conditions out there taking a toll on everyone, including the most vulnerable, the unhoused population. Whether it’s ...

Mayor Mary Sheffield is reshuffling city departments and has created new positions to tackle poverty and homelessness in the ...

A Detroit nonprofit has set up an emergency shelter with 80 cots in its gymnasium as temperatures in the city drop into dangerous territory. (AP video: Mike Householder) ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — With brutal weather gripping metro Detroit, a local nonprofit is focusing on some of the community's most vulnerable members: those experiencing ...

Detroit is feeling more like the Arctic this week, which makes being without stable housing even more difficult. The combination of snow, some sub-zero temperatures and the wind is a perfect recipe ...

As bone-chilling temperatures hit Detroit, the Pope Francis Center opened its doors to people experiencing homelessness, offering warm shelter and cots to those seeking refuge from the cold.

Mount Clemens Mayor Laura Kropp is “heartbroken” by the loss of a homeless woman whose apparently froze to death behind a dumpster this week during what meteorologists have termed a dangerously cold ...