Alachua County has grown by nearly 30,000 people since 2006, but the homeless population has decreased. According to the Alachua County Homeless Census, 433 people were unsheltered in 2018. In 2006, 450 were without shelter.
Read More »
City and county officials have tried for two years to make it so bus riders won’t have to cross the dangerous street.
Read More »
A local pastor has experienced firsthand the conflict between efforts to protect Gainesville's water systems and tight personal budgets.
Read More »
The board, made up of city and county commissioners and a member of the Gainesville Housing Authority, met Monday to strategize ways to phase residents out of Dignity Village and transition Gainesville’s homeless into temporary and permanent supportive housing.
Read More »
Virginia Bruzzese, known as Nurse "Ginny" in Gainesville, is using her decades of nursing experience to help the medically underserved via the UF Mobile Outreach Clinic.
Read More »On Monday, the Alachua County Commission unanimously affirmed the Gainesville City Commission's decision of ranking the Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry as the top vendor to enter negotiation talks.
Read More »
On Thursday, the Gainesville City Commission decided to extend the Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry contract to keep managing Grace Marketplace.
Read More »
Volunteers are trying to assess the number of homeless people in five North Central Florida counties and figure out the needs of the homeless community.
Read More »
The intersection of Northeast 39th Avenue and Northeast 28th Drive has been the scene of two accidents where pedestrians have been hit by cars.
Read More »
Alachua County Commissioner Robert Hutchinson is planning to welcome homeless residents into his home during Hurricane Irma.
Read More »
WUFT News News and Public Media for North Central Florida from the University of Florida in Gainesville
