Downtown Commission recommends at least 2 more homeless shelters in Austin

Source: KVUEabc

AUSTIN, Texas — At the Downtown Commission‘s monthly meeting, Bill Brice presented the latest homeless stats, compared to five years ago.

“What we’ve seen is a 63% increase in unsheltered homelessness. That’s really the area of concern. That significant jump in unsheltered homelessness over the last five years. We haven’t created any new shelter beds for any single men or women since ARCH,” Brice said.