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Austin's system for sheltering people is facing issues as the city stares down another freeze. For one, its shelters can currently hold only 10% of the overall estimated population of Austinites living on the street.
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"Every person has a role to play in supporting folks who are living outside," ECHO spokesperson Chris Davis said.
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Specific homeless camps may fuel property crime, but one researcher says on average, camps do not appear to increase city-wide crime rates.
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Austin's point-in-time count will instead rely on service requests to tally the number of unsheltered people living in the city.
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The system, traditionally used to shelter people experiencing homelessness, was stretched in February when residents lost power during the freeze.
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The St. David's Foundation has awarded ECHO a $2 million grant for a two-year 12-person project to better connect marginalized Austinites with housing services.
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The names of the dead were read aloud, each coupled with the ring of a bell to mark their passing, at a vigil along Auditorium Shores on Sunday.
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It's not the tsunami of evictions that some experts had feared, but eviction filings are rising sharply in many cities. Meanwhile, $47 billion from Congress to help is finally reaching more renters.
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Austin cleared out the city's most visible homeless camp. Residents say they weren't given any help.People forced to move from under I-35 near police headquarters said they weren't offered housing or services. Advocates say that's endemic of a larger equity issue within Austin's response to homelessness.
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From 2019 to May of this year, the city allocated $179 million toward homelessness across more than 100 contracts. But auditors struggled to piece together a full picture of the city's agreements.