Local outreach advocates are calling on the community to better support homeless residents amid extreme weather conditions.

The big picture: Advocates for Atlanta's unsheltered population are calling on city officials to reconsider the safety, efficacy and humanity of encampment sweeps after the tragic death of ...

The resolution asks Atlanta Continuum of Care, an unincorporated association made up of dozens of nonprofits and stakeholders, to report on procedures and practices for encampment clearings ...

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens threw his support behind a moratorium on homeless encampment clearings on Friday, amid calls for changes to the city’s homeless strategy after a sweep by city workers ...

RELATED: Atlanta mayor backs review of city homelessness policies, 30-day moratorium on encampment clearings after man's death during operation The clearouts of homeless encampments have been ...

Local outreach advocates say camp clearings are causing unhoused people to be cut off from resources and services needed to survive. Two people have died from hypothermia in Jefferson County ...