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The city says roughly 50 people need a place to stay because of the shelter's impending closure.
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Salvation Army officials told Austin City Council members Wednesday they couldn't say whether all their residents could be housed by next week.
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The Salvation Army says it's selling the $12 million property. Residents, advocates and officials say news of the closure came as a shock.
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The city has struggled to maintain a cohesive communication strategy with partners or with people in need of shelter during these emergencies.
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During public testimony Thursday, many residents voiced concerns about how the policy will affect the city's homeless population.
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For the better part of three years, the city has stumbled communicating when it would activate cold weather shelters. Nonprofits and first responders are tired of it.
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Temperatures are expected to start dropping Thursday afternoon and stay below freezing through the weekend. Austin is opening shelters and warming centers for those in need.
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Some of their names were unknown — including five adults and an infant. Each one was remembered Sunday with a single chime on the shores of Lady Bird Lake.
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The life expectancy for people experiencing homelessness is 53. M3, a mobile health care team, launched in 2019 to take coordinated care to people living on Austin's streets.
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Thousands of Austinites don't always sit down to a Thanksgiving meal with their friends and family. A handful of nonprofits are trying to change that.