Melton gave the council its first look at a draft of an ordinance to regulate encampments in public spaces. She defined encampments as one or more persons living on public property for 24 hours or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After two days of discussion, the Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved a plan by Mayor Randall Woodfin to buy an empty lot ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The city of Birmingham is expected to develop a daytime outdoor homeless shelter in downtown. The ...

The city of Birmingham has backed off plans to establish a park for unhoused residents near Innovation Depot downtown. “After ...

Birmingham city officials say concerns that the city is moving homeless people from parks into residential neighborhoods are baseless. “There is absolutely no truth to rumors that the City of ...

The City of Birmingham today announced that it had removed homeless people who had been camping in Linn Park downtown across from City Hall, prompting criticism on social media. “For the last two ...

Birmingham City Council has an approved budget - but last minute wranglings resulted in new proposals to ease homelessness, ...

The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday voted to extend its contract with a homeless services group through March 31, 2026, paying Urban Alchemy to continue working with the city’s more than 350 ...

Workers tore down a homeless encampment in West End on Tuesday, a week after the city’s decision to clear homeless encampments in Linn Park drew pushback. About a dozen workers in neon yellow jackets ...

A plan to create a park for the homeless in downtown Birmingham is now on hold until the city can find a new location.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The city of Birmingham is expected to develop a daytime outdoor homeless shelter in downtown. The purchase of a vacant lot at 1312 First Ave. North for the “urban oasis” was ...