Dallas Hero, the nonprofit that led the ballot measure to waive municipal immunity and expose the city to lawsuits if it violates the charter and state law,...
Louis Jessie, left, says goodbye to Booker Campbell on Marilla St. in downtown Dallas before Campbell heads to his new apartment on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. Campbell is one of more than 100 people who’ve recently found a fresh start through the Street to Home operation to find permanent housing for people living outdoors in downtown’s public spaces.
Dallas Hero, the nonprofit that led the ballot measure to waive municipal immunity and expose the city to lawsuits if it violates the charter and state law, sent a 60-day notice to the Dallas City Council on Wednesday.In his letter to city officials, Art Martinez De Vara, an attorney for the nonprofit, said the city needed to immediately enforce state law and provide updates on how the city intends to comply with state law.The letter also cited a U.S.
So far, Dallas officials have not clearly outlined if they are enforcing the state’s camping ban and fining people for sleeping outside. A coalition of providers, led by Housing Forward, the agency at the forefront of the homelessness response in Dallas and Collin counties, has been working with city officials to rehouse people through the street-to-home operation.The group helped rehouse more than 100 people who had been experiencing homelessness and were sleeping in camps near City Hall.
Before joining the Dallas Morning News, Devyani Chhetri covered South Carolina politics and presidential primaries at the Greenville News. She went to Boston University for graduate school.
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