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Vagrancy is the condition of wandering homelessness without regular employment or income. Vagrants [a] usually live in poverty and support themselves by travelling while engaging in begging, scavenging, or petty theft.
Two hoboes, one carrying a bindle, walking along railroad tracks after being put off a train (c. 1880s –1930s). A hobo is a migrant worker in the United States. [1] [2] Hoboes, tramps, and bums are generally regarded as related, but distinct: a hobo travels and is willing to work; a tramp travels, but avoids work if possible; a bum neither travels nor works.
Blazes caused by the throngs of homeless flooding Los Angeles’ streets with potentially deadly encampments doubled between 2020 and 2023, soaring to 13,909, according to a report.
"A Tramp's Nest in Ludlow Street", How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York (1890), by Jacob Riis. Wanderers have existed since ancient times. The modern concept of the "tramp" emerges with the expansion of industrial towns in the early nineteenth century, with the consequent increase in migrant labor and pressure on housing.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has dropped the assault charges against a Chinatown landlord who beat a homeless man after the vagrant attacked him with a weapon — and now the landlord ...
From 2023 to 2024, the number of homeless veterans decreased from 35,000 to 32,800, a drop of about 7.5%, according to data released by HUD. This fall, ...
Homelessness, also known as houselessness or being unhoused or unsheltered, is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and functional housing.It includes living on the streets, moving between temporary accommodation with family or friends, living in boarding houses with no security of tenure, [1] and people who leave their homes because of civil conflict and are refugees within their country.
The homeless thieves also stole the arcade’s security cameras, gaming consoles, a debit card reader, snacks, the keys to all of the game machines and even an X-Men arcade cabinet, which they ...