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Housing Forward and the City of Dallas Office of Emergency Management say they will continue the strategy that metrics show have worked since 2024, instead of shifting to quick, short term fixes.

Dallas County commissioners approved a $10 million contract with Housing Forward for phase 2 of its Street to Home project, but said more progress is needed.

Current and formerly unhoused writers and artists find resources at the Stewpot in downtown Dallas, but they've also found a place to share their personal stories and paintings in the new book "Thy Neighbor."

KERA journalists Christopher Connelly and Yfat Yossifor spent almost a year reporting on a new way to combat homeless. They share their thoughts on what happens next.

Belinda and Marty Bonine now live in an apartment after years on the streets, thanks to a new approach to homelessness. It's an improvement — but there are still struggles.

Moving day for Terisa Hensley means leaving behind danger and hardship on the streets of Dallas — and moving into an apartment that could help turn her life around.

Richard Garrett didn't expect to end up on the streets. He had a good job, a relationship and a home. He fell hard. But thanks to a new program, he's no longer homeless.

A new approach to helping people living on the streets find permanent housing called decommissioning is giving new hope to the homeless in Dallas.

A new report shows renters and homeowners are under significant strain from housing costs. Housing affordability is slipping faster in Texas than the national average.

The Biden Administration is fighting legal challenges in federal courts in Texas from business interests trying to kill its consumer protections.

A Feeding America report found almost 1 in 4 Texas households with children are food insecure, with almost 1.7 million children at risk of getting inadequate nutrition.

This year’s annual count found 3,718 people experiencing homelessness in Dallas and Collin counties on a single night in January.