SOURCE AUSTIN (KXAN) — Driving through Austin during the pandemic, you might notice some homeless camps look like they’re growing, or that there are more tents popping up.
On Thursday, Austin Public Health will provide an update to the city on its efforts to provide affordable housing, as its focus has shifted toward a different public health crisis– combating COVID-19.
Kevin Ludlow, who lives in the Windsor Park neighborhood in east Austin, says he’s watched the large homeless encampment behind his home grow worse as the pandemic stretches on.
He spoke with KXAN about the issue in early August, shortly before the city’s Watershed Protection Department directed a cleanup there.
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