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State officials have rolled out a "Texas Homeowner Assistance Fund" that is designed to help homeowners who’ve fallen behind on mortgage payments and other housing costs during the pandemic.
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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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The need for substance use treatment didn’t go away when the COVID-19 pandemic began. Organizations in North Texas had to get creative this year to make sure there is help for people who want it.
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The new stimulus bill passed by Congress late Monday will avert a potentially catastrophic and historic wave of evictions, at least temporarily. Lawmakers agreed to a $900 billion relief deal that would, among its provisions, send another $25 billion in rental assistance and extend a nationwide eviction moratorium.
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Federal relief dollars are being used to buy and renovate hotels.
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Housing experts expect a wave of evictions when a national moratorium expires at the end of December. To get ahead of the surge, the City of Dallas is piloting a legal assistance program with Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas.
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If Congress doesn't compromise and pass another relief bill, a new study finds a staggering number of Americans will lose a critical financial lifeline as the pandemic worsens.
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Construction workers are five times more likely to end up in the hospital because of COVID-19 than other workers, according to new research from UT Austin’s COVID-19 Modeling Consortium. The study highlights the importance of access to health care, paid sick leave and workplace safety protocols to slow the spread of the disease.
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New research from the Texas Council on Family Violence shows that most of the victims were women killed by men. Most were shot with a gun. And that was before a surge of domestic violence during this year's lockdowns.
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Texas will use $171 million on rental assistance and an eviction diversion program to help keep renters hurt by the pandemic's economic fallout to stay in their homes, but the cash won't come for months.
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Dallas has the largest homeless population in Texas, and advocates for people experiencing homelessness say too little funding and focus have gone into helping people get back on their feet. But federal funding for help during the coronavirus is adding millions more to the city's fight against homelessness.
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More than 1 in 9 Texans reported that their household didn’t have enough food to eat in the previous week, according to the Census Bureau. Many Texans are turning to food banks to help feed their families.