(Bobby Brier/NJ Spotlight News)Camden seminar also hears from people who have been homeless
(Bobby Brier/NJ Spotlight News)Camden seminar also hears from people who have been homeless
(Taylor Jung/NJ Spotlight News)Friends, volunteers and luck have kept shower events going
(AP Photo/Wayne Parry)State lawmakers left for summer break without voting on Homeless Bill of Rights

Measures include new fencing to impede access
(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)Bill hones definition of an ‘occupant’ who is subject to eviction for nonpayment

(Newark Mayor's Office)Mayor of NJ’s largest city details successes achieved through collaboration

The fifth in a set of talks tied to The Change Project, an NJ Spotlight News multimedia series

With a landmark Supreme Court ruling pending, a call for New Jersey to do more to solve the problem
(NJ Spotlight News)Justices to rule on validity of ordinance that bars sleeping or camping on public property
NJ Spotlight NewsOn Thursday, we host the fifth in a series of talks tied to The Change Project, an NJ Spotlight News multimedia series
(Madeline Ference/NJ Spotlight News)Street outreach and ‘housing first’ seen as keys to putting people in homes and getting needed help
Madeline FerenceA day in the working life of peer recovery specialists Jose Caraballo and Chalia Perry
Bobby BrierHow a ‘housing first’ approach helped Craig Cress get on the right track

Attorney Jeff Wild, co-founder of New Jersey Coalition to End Homelessness, discusses the ramifications of impending Supreme Court ruling
(AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer, File)Court will rule if people who are homeless can be fined or jailed for camping on public property — even if they have no other ...

Locking people behind bars and separating them from their families for nonviolent crimes of desperation is not justice. It is vengeance
NJ Spotlight NewsLocal leaders, health care workers and religious organizations are looking into solutions
NJ Spotlight NewsA total of 10,267 people were identified as homeless
NJ Spotlight NewsMurphy reminds residents that NJ is still under state of emergency