SOURCE: AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Friday, November 15, Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department (PARD) conducted a survey of people experiencing homelessness at three locations, including Barton Creek Wilderness Park, Gaines Creek Greenbelt and Williamson Creek Greenbelt.
PARD said they chose those locations based on spots where they’d been getting reports about people experiencing homelessness.
This comes after months of heated debate about whether and where people experiencing homelessness should be allowed to camp as well as new efforts by city, state, and private actors to better address homelessness in Austin.