The Great Depression was the worst economic crisis in US history. More than 15 million Americans were left jobless and unemployment reached 25%.

From the emergence of Skid Row to the housing crisis after World War II, a look at the major events and policies that made and defined Los Angeles’ homeless crisis.

Delve into the causes and impact of one of the most catastrophic economic crashes in history, the Great Depression. Explore ...

America has seen homelessness crises like this one before. Remember the Great Depression? Income inequality today is the highest it has been since 1929, when the stock market crashed and the Great ...

The aging of America means more old people on fixed incomes are overwhelmed by the high cost of housing and other financial shocks; ‘not seen since the Great Depression.’ ...

Orange nonprofit uses local churches to help homeless families, the sort of effort the region needs more, advocates say.

The Great Depression was the worst economic disaster of the 20th century, starting with the 1929 stock market crash and causing global unemployment, bank failures, and widespread poverty.

Such a program builds on the same ideas launched nearly a century ago during the New Deal when the Farm Security Administration (FSA) sought to tackle acute homelessness during the Great Depression.

More than half of homeless LGBTQ youths cite hostility or abuse from parents over their gender identity or sexual orientation.

As I worked to recreate those depression-era hardships in a 1999 book titled “Prairie Son,” I studied photographs and researched these displaced families.