The Fight To Reduce Homelessness

A series looking at places around the U.S. that are successfully reducing homelessness, and how they're doing it.

How Atlanta Is Streamlining Funding And Targeting The Most Vulnerable To Reduce Homelessness

The city of Atlanta is using some innovative approaches to tackle homelessness, which has dropped by almost 30 percent since 2015.

09:42Feb 22, 2019

A homeless man who did not give his name bundles up in blankets in downtown Chicago during a deep freeze. (Kiichiro Sato/AP)

To Reduce Chronic Homelessness, A Chicago Hospital Is Treating It As A Medical Condition

The University of Illinois Hospital has started providing permanent housing for homeless patients that repeatedly show up in emergency rooms.

09:35Feb 21, 2019

The George Washington Bridge and the Manhattan skyline are seen from Fort Lee, N.J., on Oct. 24, 2016. (Seth Wenig/AP)

This New Jersey County Was The 1st In The U.S. To End Chronic Homelessness

Bergen County, the most populous county in New Jersey, was recognized as the first community in the country to end chronic homelessness.

10:52Feb 20, 2019

A homeless man in 2008 sleeps beneath Interstate 10 in New Orleans where hundreds of homeless people sleep each night. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

How New Orleans Reduced Its Homeless Population By 90 Percent

Two years after Hurricane Katrina, there were more than 11,600 homeless people in New Orleans. Since then, the city has brought that number down 90 percent.

09:21Feb 19, 2019