When Wanona Satcher founded her company, Mākhers Studio, in 2017, she knew she wanted to address the issue of affordable housing in her hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. With a background as a landscape ...

As tiny home villages become an increasingly popular — and effective — approach to housing those experiencing homelessness, thoughtful design is key in getting these projects off the ground. In Los ...

In Tampa, Florida, those needing healthcare might be able to ditch the crinkly paper on an exam table and opt for something a bit more futuristic. OnMed, a “hybrid” healthcare company, is rolling out ...

In mid-February, internet searches for “books about kindness” skyrocketed, outranking topics like “friendship,” “depression,” and — perhaps most surprisingly — “Greek mythology.” At a time when it ...

Hank and John Green’s annual charity livestream, Project for Awesome, is a beacon of hope and engagement for the duo’s dedicated online community: The Nerdfighters. This year, the event raised over $3 ...

Before the beloved “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek died in 2020, he and his family had made a sizable donation to the Los Angeles, California homeless nonprofit Hope the Mission. The Trebeks donated $500 ...

Los Angeles, California’s “Project Homekey” initiative uses government funding to convert hotels and motels into housing for people experiencing homelessness. The project — which is a collaboration ...

Over the past year, under a freeway overpass in Salt Lake City, Utah, a 50-unit tiny home neighborhood has popped up on what was once a barren plot of land. The microshelter community — which is a ...

The United States National Park Service and Forest Service are in trouble. Last week, the U.S. Forest Service announced it would be firing around 3,400 recent hires, and the National Park Service ...

‍Last spring, Lancaster, California, a city on the edge of the Mojave Desert, opened a vibrant — almost Barbie-style — housing campus for residents experiencing homelessness. The new community, named ...

‍Nour El-Naboulsi is a Burlington, Vermont farmer — but he doesn’t tend to a field of crops or a clearing of cattle. As the executive director of Village Hydroponics, El-Naboulsi oversees the ...

Every year in the United States, it’s estimated that nearly 700 people living on the streets die from hypothermia. In fact, hypothermia is the leading cause of death for people experiencing ...