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For people experiencing homelessness, accessing the third round of COVID-19 relief money requires resources often not available to them. Some North Texas organizations are helping people get online or get a mailing address so they can get paid.
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In February, Texas launched a program to help people who had missed rent payments because of the pandemic. By the end of March, only 250 people had actually got help paying for rent out of 72,000 completed applications.
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COVID-19 vaccinations are supposed to be accessible for all. But for people without transportation, getting to and from appointments has its challenges.
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Black churches in the U.S. have economically empowered Black communities for generations, especially in times of crisis. Now, during the pandemic, they're leveraging digital platforms to provide services to their congregations and communities.
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Students at the historically Black college in Dallas have endured hardship — something not unfamiliar to the college itself, which faced financial problems and low graduation rates in the past.
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Dallas city officials began shutting down the homeless encampment known as "Camp Rhonda" last month, but organizers reopened the temporary site downtown in hopes of getting city leaders to find solutions to the housing problems. Now, it's closed again.
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WFAA-TV investigation finds banks quick to finance builds of dense apartment complexes in high-crime areas but not as quick to offer home loans in the same neighborhoods.
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Children in Texas are facing higher rates of hunger and hardship during the pandemic than children in all but two other states.
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With the arrival of the new tests, organizations that help people experiencing homelessness in Dallas see a smoother path to shelter by reducing wait times.
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Fort Worth is tearing down the Cavile Place public housing development as part of a Stop Six neighborhood revitalization effort. Before the demolition began, it was home to countless families over its nearly 70 year history.
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Cavile Place — often called the Stop Six projects — was a landmark in Fort Worth's Stop Six neighborhood. It's being torn down as part of a revitalization project, but some worry that new development is just a vehicle for gentrification.
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Dallas community leaders have tried to recruit a corporate grocery store to south Oak Cliff for years, to no avail. Now they're looking to replicate one-of-a-kind nonprofit store in Waco in their own backyard.