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"Everyone ... is grieving the loss of something."
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Homelessness has been a major focus in Dallas this year. Mayor Eric Johnson is calling for more help for people without permanent housing, promising a new task force and new solutions. And the region’s homeless services sector is mobilizing in new ways, fueled by major federal spending.
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Denton County has seen a 74% increase in people experiencing homelessness, according to a new report by the United Way of Denton County.
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Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax has unveiled a proposed $4.5 billion city budget. He wants to hire and retain more police officers, lower property taxes, and focus on equity and environmental justice.
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Just because shelter is offered from the killer heat doesn’t mean those without shelter will take itTemperatures have been and will remain about 100 degrees or hotter across North Texas. That can be risky if not deadly to those living outside. OurCalling, a faith-based nonprofit organization in Dallas, offers shelter. But almost none on the streets ever takes it.
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The report found service providers are making strides to get Black and Brown Austinites into housing.
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The Meyers Jeffries homeless encampment located in South Dallas had long been home to residents experiencing homelessness who had set up tents, placed thrown-out couches beneath trees for shade and turned abandoned shipping containers into homes. Now, there are no traces of belongings and fences surround the area.
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The latest report from the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance shows a slight decrease in overall homelessness compared to last year.
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Austin joins at least 28 U.S. cities, like Los Angeles, Chicago and Pittsburgh, that have tried out some form of “guaranteed income” — financial assistance targeted at needy households.
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Housing was big on the minds of Dallas council members on Wednesday. The city council voiced its support for five new affordable housing complexes.
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The City of Dallas will buy a defunct hospital in South Oak Cliff to provide housing and services for people experiencing homelessness.
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Dallas nonprofit Our Calling was one of two organizations that sheltered Malik Faisal Akram in January. More than a week later, it realized Akram was the hostage-taker at the center of the Colleyville crisis.