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Lower courts have said it's unconstitutional to punish people for sleeping outside if no shelter is available. Cities say these rulings have paralyzed their efforts to manage growing tent encampments.
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A broad coalition campaigned for $200 million to help fund affordable housing in Dallas. City council members had other priorities for the $1.25 billion bond package.
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Augustus Bailey and his dog Macy saw Mayor Gerard Hudspeth in his dark cowboy hat, black trench coat and snakeskin boots and approached him on the Square to talk with him about being homeless in Denton on Monday.
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With maps, resource guides and flashlights in hand, 450 volunteers from across Tarrant County exited the Bob Bolen Public Safety Complex on the night of Jan. 25 to participate in the Tarrant County Homeless Coalition’s annual Point in Time Count.
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The point-in-time count of unhoused people helps identify trends in homelessness and directs where federal dollars go.
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The City of Dallas will begin admitting people to a temporary inclement weather shelter at Fair Park at 3 p.m. as frigid weather raises risks for unsheltered people. Fort Worth and Arlington nonprofits are coordinating to make sure people who need shelter can find a bed out of the cold.
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Union Gospel Mission Dallas aimed to serve 1,000 people spaghetti meals on Thursday.
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In North Texas, 764 homeless veterans moved into long-term housing this year, part of the 38,000 veterans housed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs this year.
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The faith-based organization held a blanket drive while serving food and hot chocolate to those in need.
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Delays and spiraling costs on a plan to renovate an old North Oak Cliff hotel to provide homes for unhoused people drew the ire of council members on Monday.
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The effort reduced the number of people on the streets, attracted even more federal resources, and streamlined the system to help people.