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 ...

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 ...

“A team of volunteers attempted to survey and assist one of our homeless neighbors ... CEO of Roof Above, a Charlotte nonprofit that combats homelessness and provides shelter resources.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Point in Time count takes place on a single night in January and provides a snapshot of homelessness.

Most of those folks find shelters to stay ... mention more humane. In Charlotte, buildings like Moore Place north of uptown have taken in some of our most hard-core homeless and given them a ...

“We’re going to do our best measures to encourage individuals to seek shelter space,” said Deborah Phillips with Block Love Charlotte. Phillips says despite life-threatening cold ...

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 ...