The Arlington County Board has approved the permit for an overnight homeless shelter in the Courthouse neighborhood.

A mission in downtown D.C. is collecting toys for the less fortunate over the holidays, and they're hoping some last-minute donations can cover a shortfall for certain children.

The Arlington County Board will vote next week on whether to acquire an office building near the Courthouse Metro for use as a homeless shelter.

Dozens of college students in the D.C. area were without roofs over their heads for the winter break, but thanks to generous offers from WAMU listeners, many have found welcoming homes for the holidays.

Medical students volunteering at Baltimore Rescue Mission are trying to streamline patients' records through an electronic system they developed.

We'll head into the woods with a man named Kenny, who lived in a tent during Super Storm Sandy.

Central Union Mission has been sheltering the homeless in Washington since 1884 — and is about to move back downtown.

Across the country, thousands of college students find themselves without a place to call home during school vacations. We'll meet several such students here in our region.

Complicated rules force D.C. shelters to turn away families, so they can keep beds empty before the start of "hypothermia season." One mother was left to walk the streets at night with her two-month-old son, hoping for cold.