Homelessness

On one day every January, a Point-in-Time — or PIT — Count is conducted in counties to document the number of people who are experiencing homelessness on a single night. The PIT Count in Collier County this past January found a 230% increase in the number of people over the age of 60 who were homeless as compared to the previous year. So, we check in with the CEO of St. Matthew’s House in Naples, to get a sense of what they’re facing.

A community-wide survey to gather information on what Southwest Floridians found to be the most pressing need identified affordable housing and homelessness as the top concerns.

Volunteers as well as those from homeless and veteran’s groups fanned out across Lee County in January counting 820 people who do not have a permanent place to call home. That figure is up from 560 people experiencing homelessness last year.

The 26th Annual Candlelight Vigil for the Homeless was held December 21, 2022, on the steps of the Lee County Courthouse. The Lee County Homeless Coalition gathered with the community to remember those who have died while living on the streets or in the shelters of Lee county during the past year and asking to remember those who suffer in the community and face homelessness in Lee County.

Homelessness has been an issue in Fort Myers and Lee County long before Hurricane Ian laid waste to our area. The Lee County Department of Human and Veteran Services is now reaching out to share resources with the countless families newly without a home due to the storm.

Karen Moore, the publisher of Southwest Florida Business Today, is talking about homelessness.

The Salvation Army held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday, to celebrate the opening of its new Homeless Resource Day Center in Fort Myers.

An elderly Polish man living in Southwest Florida faced homelessness when his trailer park sold, but thanks to a community of expats and caring people, the piano player named Ziggy has a new place to call his own.

The Lee County Homeless Coalition is preparing for its 20th annual Homeless Service Day and Veterans Stand Down event.The Executive Director of the…

Love Pierre smiled broadly, as he approached the doors leading to the student services wing of Lorenzo Walker Technical College in Naples.Staff members…