If there's no space in a shelter--or the shelter isn't safe--then the homeless need quick, portable, and durable housing alternatives. Professional architects have used their skills to develop solutions that are reachabl...

(Photo: Prince George's County Police Department)Corporal Che Atkinson of Prince George's County, Maryland was at his police station doing paperwork when he learned that a homeless woman and her baby were in the lobby. T...

Joyce Torrefranca of Manila, the Philippines saw this boy doing his schoolwork outside of a McDonald's late at night. She took a couple photos, posted them on Facebook, and said that she felt inspired by him.Other people...

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTsMTIofG2Q](Video Link)The City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, recently put pianos in public spaces for people to play. David Rauch, an urban planner, led the project. He says that the res...

Climbing out of homelessness is the pursuit of human dignity. Society at large...

RainCity Housing is a non-profit organization in Vancouver that provides housing for people with mental illnesses and addiction problems. It wants to reach out to homeless people in Vancouver and invite them to seek help...

Michael Rakowitz is an artist in New York City. For years, he's worked on projects to help the homeless of that city. Many of this creations are variations of a design concept that he calls ParaSITE. His ParaSITE shelter...

Signs for the Homeless is a lovely project by Kenji Nakayama and Christopher Hope. They interview homeless people begging on the streets and create glossy, visually striking versions of the signs that their interviewees...

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U1fuQF0KjQ#!](Video Link)Stuart Edge is awesome. He's using his sorcerous powers to turn Washingtons into Benjamins. He says that "there's a power in the fistbump." There's also power in...

In order to raise awareness of the problem of homelessness in Gothenburg, Sweden, the magazine Faktum lets y...