The number trends downward as service providers and immigrant families increase efforts to keep people from entering shelters to begin with and longtime homeless are placed in permanent housing.

Robert Hains tells the council that he’ll ‘try to take up a new hobby,’ and says he’s looking forward to planning his vacations without meetings in mind.

As many as two dozen are dismantled for safety reasons, but advocates say it makes life harder for people who sleep outdoors.

The city’s biggest loss is a federal torture survivors grant, which paid for mental health counseling and case managers.

For nearly a year, delegates from 195 participating nations have been working on an agreement that’s expected to be adopted during a conference that begins next week.