Encampments

There are around 800 emergency and transitional beds year-round, but it’s still not enough to meet the demand.

New Life Evangelistic Center, which used to operate a homeless shelter in St. Louis' Downtown West, doesn't want the city to shut the encampment because trash creates unsanitary conditions.

The City of St. Louis is disbanding a homeless encampment on Friday at the Laclede’s Landing Pavilion behind the Horseshoe Casino.

Some members of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen want to bar people from pitching tents in public right of ways in St. Louis.

St. Louis cleared two homeless camps on Monday. The fate of a larger encampment is unclear.

Residents of four St. Louis encampments are now packing up their belongings in anticipation of a May 2 eviction. City officials cite health concerns, but residents question the timing of the city’s notice to vacate.

Community resistance has stalled the $900,000 project to establish St. Louis’ first city-funded intentional encampment.

St. Louis has set aside more than $43 million in federal funding for homeless services and housing support. Advocates hope to see progress before deadly winter weather arrives.

St. Louis city officials say they will step up their efforts to move residents from a series of tent encampments along the Mississippi River north of…

The City of St. Louis has issued new rules for residents of the area's unofficial homeless encampments.Residents will not be allowed to drink or use…