Members of the community and the City Council weighed in on how to address homelessness in a way that is good for unhoused and housed residents alike....
One unhoused family will go from an RV to an apartment with a year's rent paid, the first under an initiative led by Mayor Tom Butt and local organizations....
City Council voted to let people keep living in vehicles at the Rydin and Castro encampments while a committee considers the future of these safe parking sites....
Richmond's Castro homeless encampment has become a focal point for city leaders and local advocates because of fires and other safety issues....
A man with more than 30 years' experience working with homeless people shares his perspective on homelessness in Richmond and the support unhoused people need....
Three unhoused women talk about their needs, their fears, the importance of community and how the coronavirus has made their lives harder....
A proposed $40 billion investment in public housing may not be enough to make up for decades of underfunding and repairs that were put off or just not done....
Many unhoused people are eligible for the coronavirus relief money provided by the government but don't know it or can't get it....
The Richmond City Council switched gears on the location of a site for people living in their cars, now favoring the Civic Center over Hilltop Mall....
Richmond will establish a pilot parking program with services for homeless people living in their cars at a Hilltop Mall or Civic Center parking lot....
Groups including Groundwork and Safe Organized Spaces gave out tents, sleeping bags, coats and more to help Richmond's unhoused residents....
A man who lives in encampments around West Contra Costa tells The CC Pulse how the coronavirus has changed things for unhoused people like him....
Eleanor Thompson said she is running for Richmond City Council to do more for the community she has lived in for decades, in our series of interviews with the candidates....
Richmond City Council member Melvin Willis said in our Q&A series he is running to represent District 1 "because there still is a lot more work to be done."...
Richmond City Council candidate Najari Smith says his priorities are public safety and the environment, which he says are tied to affordable housing, in our interview series....
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