Homelessness
Sean Astin meets Tylor Chase as Hollywood support continues
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Sean Astin, the Screen Actors Guild president and 'Lord of the Rings' star, met with former 'Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide' actor Tylor Chase on Christmas Day to encourage him amid his homelessness and alleged meth addiction in Riverside, California. This follows earlier efforts by co-star Daniel Curtis Lee and 'The Mighty Ducks' actor Shaun Weiss, though Chase has declined treatment so far.
As a cold spell grips Hong Kong, scores of homeless residents are choosing to endure the chill rather than take refuge in government shelters, which they say feel like prison. The Post visited Tung Chau Street Park in Sham Shui Po on Tuesday night and found around 70 people staying there in about seven clusters. The Hong Kong Observatory warned temperatures would drop to as low as 11 degrees Celsius.
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A fire tore through homes in Masiphumelele, Cape Town, on the afternoon of January 20, 2026, leaving more than 600 people homeless. Community members climbed onto shack roofs to pass buckets of water in a bid to contain the blaze, but over 100 homes were gutted. The Living Hope organization is calling for donations of essential items to aid the victims.
Homeless Helena Öman in Luleå has been severely affected by being erased from the population register, losing access to municipal support. Social committee chair Bodil Wennerbrandt Sevastik responds to SVT's investigation, acknowledging issues with the system. She pledges to review the matter if more people are impacted.
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Seattle’s incoming mayor, Katie Wilson, is poised to take office amid what one commentator calls a humanitarian emergency in King County’s homelessness crisis. A recent federal count found nearly 17,000 people experiencing homelessness in the county, and opinion writers and policy advocates are urging a shift toward treatment-focused responses, particularly for those struggling with serious mental illness and addiction.