Reducing homelessness take a lot of money, but maybe not as much time as you might think.
In 2021, there were 1,432 unsheltered homeless individuals in Dallas and Collin counties. This year, there were only 1,086, according to the 2024 point-in-time count.We're in the midst of our summer membership campaign, and we have until August 25 to raise $5,500. Your contributions are an investment in our election coverage – they help sustain our newsroom, help us plan, and could lead to an increase in freelance writers or photographers.
The proposed budget calls for an investment of $1.4 million in street outreach workers partnered with Housing Forward to help cut unsheltered homelessness in half by 2026. These workers are meant to connect homeless individuals with the programs and services they need, like the R.E.A.L. Time Rehousing program. Street to Home is a new initiative that’s part of the rehousing program, which makes long-term housing a priority for chronically unsheltered homeless people.
Some may question what the city is setting out to do because of how much homelessness they see on the streets. But the success is in the data, according to West. A handful of other measures in the budget are also meant to reduce homelessness.
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