Homeless prevention efforts can’t happen without a shelter, advocates say ... Briah Lumpkins is the emerging news reporter for the Charlotte Observer. In this role, she finds important and ...

Unhoused neighbors in Mecklenburg County will be able to keep warm as extremely cold temperatures are forecast for much of the week. Through Wednesday, the county has added more capacity at area ...

County leaders said they will be working with the city of Charlotte ... outreach teams to homeless encampments to encourage anyone living unsheltered to visit a shelter and to provide information ...

That leaves homeless shelters as one of the only options ... housing program that would help them escape homelessness. But a Charlotte Observer investigation in July found conditions were poor ...

While efforts to expand capacity at Charlotte’s strained animal shelter are underway, advocates are pushing for another measure they believe could improve resources for the area’s homeless ...

She had already helped many of them into shelter and away from the cold ... “People have to stop thinking that people are homeless and crazy. A lot of people want to get help but there ...