From couch surfing, to the streets, Covenant House Texas works to help fight youth homelessness in Houston
It will be a night of glitz and glam with Broadway stars at the Wortham Center and it's all for a good cause. A Night of Broadway Stars raises funds and awareness for Covenant House Texas. The organization helps local youth overcome homelessness, abandonment and trafficking. Watch their full interview for how you can join and help make a difference
โRepresentation is keyโ: Special public art project aims to depict stories of Houstonโs homeless population
According to a new poll by Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston, 30 percent of likely voters say homelessness is one of the three most important problems facing Houston.
โIโm poor, but Iโm a billionaire at heart,โ Homeless artist shares Jesus masterpiece off freeway
There was a Jesus sighting along the northbound feeder lanes of U.S. 59 near Gessner Road Friday morning. The painting was challenging for any driver to miss. Even more difficult is the task of creating it.
Star of Hope Mission passing out coats, blankets to homeless community ahead of cold weather
At KPRC 2, weโre proud to showcase those making a difference in the Houston area. Each month in 2022, weโre partnering with Energy Transfer to showcase a different nonprofit organization offering Houstonians a helping hand. This monthโs KPRC 2 Community spotlight is on the Star of Hope.
Austin's camping ban returns Tuesday, but it's not clear when โ or how โ it will be enforced
Houston-area homelessness: Inside the 2021 count, survey and how the coronavirus changed everything
HOUSTON โ The annual Houston-area homeless count and survey, conducted by the Coalition for the Homeless, found 3,055 people were experiencing homelessness on the night of the study in late January. The Coalition for the Homeless noted that this yearโs published numbers are not directly comparable to those of other years due to methodology changes and circumstances surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. The count informs the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development of the effectiveness of collaboration and homeless programs in those counties. AdCoalition authorities note that the annual count cannot provide an exact number of people experiencing homelessness for several reasons, including the daily fluctuating number and the more than 3,700 square miles of the area being canvassed. The count results are combined with additional data points, like the information stored in the Homeless Management Information System, to gauge progress of the local homeless response system.
Tips for preparing your home, pets and plants for freezing temperatures
Eccles said to start by letting cold water drip from your faucet. Safety TipsThe Harris County Fire Marshalโs Office encourages residents to follow these heating safety tips:Place space heaters on solid and flat surfaces. Check space heaters for cracked or damaged cords and plugs. Plug space heaters directly into wall outlets, donโt use an extension cord or power strip. Create a โkid-free zoneโ three feet from open fires and space heaters.
How close to becoming homeless are you?
ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) โ The pandemic may leave more than 40 million Americans without a job, risking their homes and their health. How close are you to the poverty line? โWe became homeless and now we donโt have food, and now COVID, itโs been really, really tough,โ said Latisha King. โTwenty-one years ago, I was homeless with my children and today Iโm the founder of a nonprofit organization,โ said Stephanie Bowman, Visionary at One Heart. You can find out your poverty risk assessment by logging on to www.playspent.org and taking the test.
Texans with criminal records face increasingly limited housing options. Homeless advocates say a new rule could leave them with even fewer choices.
Advocates for homeless Texans worry a new state rule barring people with certain criminal records from some tax-supported housing will cut homeless people off from a path to permanent housing. The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs is proposing that people with certain criminal convictions be temporarily or permanently blocked from living in tax-supported โsupportive housingโ developments. Supportive housing is only one kind of the housing created by the housing program, but advocates said it is key to fighting homelessness. Advocates say there is no data that shows that supportive housing projects increase crime in neighborhoods. Some of these homes are built for people experiencing chronic homelessness who, without supportive services, won't be able to get back on their feet.
Community shows overwhelming support to homeless family after KPRC 2 shares their story
HOUSTON โ After seven months of sleeping in a car, Maria Baez and her son will finally have beds to sleep in tonight. โItโs incredible because for seven months we didnโt see the light,โ said Baez. Shelters wouldnโt accept the family dogs and Maria said that she couldnโt part with them so the family has been living out their SUV. Since the report aired, Maria said she has been inundated by the generous offers from others. Anything good happens to me, anything any kindness, the smallest or whatever, I am totally grateful,โ said Maria.
Mother, son, their dogs forced to live in SUV after losing job during pandemic
HOUSTON โ Maria Baez is a Houston area mother desperately trying to hold it together for her son, herself and their two dogs. Holding it together in the face of losing her job during the pandemic and having to live for the past seven months in their SUV seeking free meals, gas money and other help from strangers. Mariaโs 16-year-old son recently started online learning and logging on for classes from parking lots during the day. โIt was really difficult because itโs really difficult to be cooking all the food, preparing everything, then go to sell on the streets.โWhatโs been extremely difficult is not being able to part with their dogs Sugar and Bobby. Homeless shelters wonโt allow them and animal shelters say Maria would have to surrender the dogs permanently.
Ask 2: Is it illegal to solicit at traffic stops?
As part of our new Ask 2 series, the newsroom will answer your questions about all things Houston. The question: Is it illegal to solicit at traffic stops? The answer: A Channel 2 viewer, Atif, wrote to us with this question. The ordinance stipulates that soliciting is ONLY illegal within eight feet of the person being solicited (the โsoliciteeโ). If a panhandler solicits from a distance greater than eight feet from the solicitee, the action is considered legal.