Gloria is huddled against a wall at Kennedy Boulevard and Franklin Street on a postcard-perfect Thursday night, gazing up at a building where city lights cast dazzling images of birds of paradise against a stone wall. ...more

March 14, 2009

A $3.9 million federal grant was awarded Thursday to provide housing and social services for Hillsborough County's estimated 9,500 homeless people. ...more

February 20, 2009

Everybody talks about the homeless, but students in the Lead the Pack program at Seven Springs Middle School wanted to do something about it. Unlike many adults, the young people were willing to admit they don't have the answer to tackling the homelessness problem. ...more

February 20, 2008

Several agencies will work together this Wednesday to try to get a snapshot of the Pasco County homeless population. The Coalition for the Homeless of Pasco County, in cooperation with Pasco County community development division, St. Leo University, Pasco-Hernando Community College, Pasco Sheriff's Office and the Dade City, Zephyrhills, Port Richey and New Port Richey police departments will team up for this annual census. ...more

January 26, 2008

AVON PARK — It's Friday, about 11 a.m. Two SUVs drive up, and five people get out. There's no sign outside identifying the name of the business to G&R Supermarket, in one of Avon Park's sketchiest neighborhoods. It's the sort of place that looks scary, but the people were companionable. For 30 minutes, Anthony Lomonico parked his maroon Cadillac Escalade in the Lacey Hills neighborhood of southeast Avon Park and tried to call a friend on his cell phone, but with no success. There were several men on the street, some just standing there looking at the cars, wondering what was going on. ...more

January 26, 2008