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The Feb. 21 death of August Bucki has stoked debate over Florida’s anti-camping laws and their enforcement.

Residents of Beggs Lane, located on county-owned land adjacent to a superfund site in Brent, were forced to vacate their campsites this week due to a combination of federal deed restrictions and a new state law banning camping on public property.

In an election year during which state and local laws have taken aim at the homeless, those most impacted face unique barriers to voting.

The City of Pensacola is holding off on plans to close the Hollice T. Williams Park under Interstate-110 and remove the homeless camps that have recently…

The coronavirus pandemic has brought about some operational changes in HUD’s 2021 Point-In-Time survey of individuals who are homeless.WUWF recently…

Opening Doors Northwest Florida held its annual U-Count Homeless Resource Day Thursday at the Salvation Army. The event follows the yearly Point-In-Time…

The EscaRosa Coalition on the Homeless recently conducted its 2018 Point-in-Time survey. The effort, required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban…

It’s been a busy January for Pensacola-area shelters, helping the homeless and heatless cope with two winter blasts.Frigid temperatures, with lows and…

The EscaRosa Coalition on the Homeless, which serves Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties, is conducting its annual “Point in Time” count of the homeless.On a…

When temperatures spike, as they did during last week’s heat wave, the first to feel the heat are often the area’s homeless residents. Area experts say…