Mayor John Whitmire says the ordinance is one way to help keep public spaces clean and safe, especially as downtown grows ...

Houston has made some progress moving people off the streets. However, tensions remain over the city’s set ordinance about sitting, lying down, or leaving personal belongings in certain public spaces ...

Precinct 2 Constables are working with H.O.P.E Haven to help get the homeless community off the streets. On Wednesday, they ...

To better assess just how well Houston’s system has worked, The Denver Post visited the city and spoke with the leaders responsible for its 11-year-old strategy — as well as both people who have been ...

Here’s How Houston Is Fighting Homelessness — and Winning Khena Minor, who works for Houston’s Coalition for the Homeless, talks to Joe Cavazos, who has been homeless for six months.

Houston and its partners have moved from promising permanent supportive housing to those moved out of encampments to offering what it can. Officials say it's a sign more funding is needed.

The Houston mayor's office plans to expand the city’s so-called “civility ordinance," which currently prohibits lying down, ...

Houston has created a real system to address homelessness, aligning city, county and nonprofit efforts. That innovative program is now under threat, due to changes in leadership and funding.

Larry Satterwhite, director of the Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security, announced during a June 24 news conference ...

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is among city leaders looking to Houston's success in reducing homelessness for inspiration, and a visit to the Texas city revealed both lessons and challenges.

Even as Harris County's homeless population shrinks, deaths are up – driven by a dramatic spike in overdoses.