‍Nour El-Naboulsi is a Burlington, Vermont farmer — but he doesn’t tend to a field of crops or a clearing of cattle. As the executive director of Village Hydroponics, El-Naboulsi oversees the ...

Whether people are fleeing armed conflict or extreme weather, time is of the essence when it comes to setting up temporary shelters and getting people to safety. Simply put — when disaster strikes, ...

As the cost of living spikes in tandem with homelessness rates across the country, various cities have begun exploring the idea of converting vacant spaces — like former shopping malls, defunct ...

Before the Harris Community Village was a hybrid apartment complex and homeless shelter in Tooele, Utah, it was an elementary school. Harris Elementary School permanently closed in 2018, and the ...

A former Stay Inn Hotel in Denver, Colorado has sat vacant for approximately 18 months after the city first purchased it for $9 million. But now, it’s back on the market for the low, low price of just ...

Michelin-starred chef Adam Simmonds has a lot to celebrate when he looks back on his career as a chef. But Home Kitchen, Simmonds’ high-end restaurant in London’s Primrose Hill, is especially notable.

In the fall of 2024, IKEA designed, built, and donated a housing unit to Towne Twin Village in San Antonio, Texas — a tiny home community devoted to getting homeless seniors off the streets. But this ...

Picture yourself walking through your neighborhood. You pass a woman on the street, sitting beside a cardboard sign asking for spare change. She is a stranger experiencing homelessness, and you don’t ...

For four years, volunteer knitters, crocheters, and sewists have created handmade blankets for the annual Homeless Memorial Blanket Project. Their goal — outside of blanketing those experiencing ...

There is a sad reality behind the pomp and circumstance of Mardi Gras celebrations: for years, parade horses were brought into the city by horse brokers only to be sold to slaughter once the fanfare ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. On a freezing cold Wednesday afternoon in eastern Kentucky, Taysha DeVaughan joined a small gathering at the ...