Community organizations petition town council for public bathrooms downtown

Link between lack of affordable housing and home insecurity evident in Orange County, activists say

A lack of affordable housing and other factors are seen as driving homelessness in Orange County, and local organizations seek to provide resources and ...

Inter-Faith Council for Social Service awarded for efforts combating homelessness

The Inter-Faith Council for Social Service won the Community Impact Award at the 2021 Business Excellence Award ceremony, hosted by The Chamber For a ...

Reaching out in a pandemic, Orange County Street Outreach team strives for trust

The team’s harm reduction clinical coordinator Tiffany Hall said they’ve already built relationships with about a third of those who experience homelessness ...

Donna Carrington uses lived experience to fight homelessness

Carrington is the executive director of the Community Empowerment Fund, a nonprofit organization in Durham and Orange counties in North Carolina aimed ...

New street outreach program reimagines public safety, homelessness in Orange County

A collaboration between the Orange County Criminal Justice Resource Department and the Partnership to End Homelessness will focus on building relationships ...

Social assistance organizations in the Triangle refocus efforts amid COVID-19 outbreak

As individuals in the Triangle experiencing homelessness navigate increased unemployment and widespread closures during the COVID-19 outbreak, the organizations ...

UNC's Hearts for the Homeless is helping Orange County's most vulnerable amid pandemic

COVID-19 has not stopped UNC's newly-founded chapter of Hearts for the Homeless, a nonprofit started to assist people experiencing homelessness, from ...

‘Everything is getting worse and worse’: coronavirus deepens homeless population struggles

As the rapid outbreak of COVID-19 pushes counties across North Carolina to issue stay-at-home orders, individuals experiencing homelessness are left to ...

Carrboro Town Council discusses plans to end homelessness and improve transit system

“These are folks that have lived their whole lives, and they want to stay in this community, they work two and three jobs, they can’t afford the rents.”  ...

'A real anchor in the community': IFC's new community kitchen to open in Carrboro

“The Carrboro way ... is for us to serve the less fortunate than we are: the homeless, the men with illness and the food insufficiency.”

Column: We need the people who need affordable housing

Orange County residents and organizations discuss food security, homelessness

At the Charity and Justice Community Workshop held at the Carrboro Century Center on Monday, community members explored the ways to respond to human need, ...

Meet the UNC students spending Spring Break building homes in Guatemala

Students in the club From Houses to Homes UNC-Chapel Hill will be spending their Spring Break helping Guatemalan families get a sturdy home.

How should Orange County start addressing the issue of homelessness?

“Finally Visible: A Panel Discussion on Homelessness in Chapel Hill” marks the start of Orange County's mission to continue addressing the issue of ...