Homelessness

The city will open up recreation centers for Austinites seeking shelter Monday night amid freezing temperatures.

Small, but durable. The Other Ones Foundation hopes the tiny homes crafted by Washington-based Pallet will provide some much-welcome stability to folks staying at Camp Esperanza.

The city clerk said in August that Save Austin Now's petition didn't meet the 20,000-signature threshold to force a referendum. The group's co-founder called the city "arrogant."

John Young was shot at a bus stop in September. David Colbert died from complications as a result of COVID-19 in April. Katy Joy Kingdom died of cancer shortly after giving birth. They were all remembered with makeshift memorials at the base of a live oak.

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Lee esta historia en español. KUT and the Austin Monitor held a series of forums over the past few weeks with candidates running for Austin City Council.…

The $4 billion budget Austin City Council adopted Thursday includes plans to reduce the police budget by about a third – $150 million. Twenty million…

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Lee esta historia en español. The Austin City clerk says a group seeking to reinstate Austin's bans on sitting, camping or lying down in public doesn't…

Ask people camped on Cesar Chavez Street by the Terrazas Branch Library how it’s going, and you won’t be surprised by the answer.“It’s hot, very hot,”…