Thousands gather each year in Georgia and nationwide during the last 10 days of January to conduct the annual homelessness census that guides legislative, funding and support efforts. The Point-in-Time headcount is the most comprehensive census for sheltered and unsheltered individuals.

Macon, Warner Robins are the only Georgia metro areas without a Continuum of Care program for people experiencing homelessness.

Mayor Andre Dickens pledged to clear the encampments after numerous fires believed to have been set by unhoused people have damaged bridges and closed roadways in the city.

The former athletic club at Wellstar’s Atlanta Medical Center will become a temporary emergency shelter for unhoused residents, according to a report by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Multiple calls to 911 sent the Brookhaven Police Department, Atlanta Police Department, and Atlanta Fire and Rescue Department to a bridge at the intersection of Lenox Road and Buford Highway on Feb. 11. 

A new app shows community administrators the way to a more organized census of unsheltered people, but exact numbers remain elusive.

Mayor Andre Dickens signed an executive order on Wednesday morning to spend $4.6 million to expand shelters, sites, services, security, and warming centers for those experiencing homelessness in the city of Atlanta.

June O'Neal leads the local coalition of homeless service providers. But sometimes the offer of those needed services isn't heeded.

Residents of Sandy Springs can volunteer to help Fulton County take a “snapshot” of homelessness in the cities outside of Atlanta on Jan. 23 and Jan. 24 in the 2024 Point In Time Count.

A homeless person starting a fire to keep warm is thought to be the likely cause of a fire that destroyed a vacant warehouse in the industrial district near downtown last week.

This week on Georgia in Play: Thursday marked the start of Hanukkah, and host Leah Fleming asks some of the holiday's youngest observants what the celebration means to them. Plus, an award-winning jazz artist brings another holiday track for your playlist this season, while your kids might learn through video games in the classroom one day. Then, hear what your local homeless shelters may need around the holiday.

Friends of members of the homeless community in Macon who died in the last year remembered them at a memorial this week.

Mayor Andre Dickens has allocated $4 million to provide new quick-delivery housing to individuals experiencing homelessness.

The 30-year-old homeless man died from a chokehold by another passenger on the NYC subway. Advocates say the city's policies and rhetoric concerning people who are homeless are dangerous and false.

The state senate passed Senate Bill 62 Thursday night, which calls for a state audit of public money spent by nonprofits on homeless services.