Homelessness, Local
Source: Community Impact Austin Around 3,100 people were experiencing homelessness in the Austin and Travis County area as of early 2021, according to the first daily homeless count tallied by the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition since the start of the COVID-19...
Homelessness, Local
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The City of Austin has identified 45 city-owned areas to possibly turn into designated camps for people experiencing homelessness. Houston is praised for its homelessness strategy — it includes a camping ban The move comes after the reinstatement...
Homelessness, Local
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Dozens of people lined up around Sunrise Community Church in south Austin Monday, with lead director Mark Hilbelink walking through the crowd, saying hello to those he passed. Serving as lead pastor for 11 years and as director of Sunrise’s homeless...
Homelessness, Local
SOURCE: SPECTRUM NEWS What You Need To Know Voters on May 1 passed Austin’s Prop B, which bans public camping In what was seen as a sharp rebuke of the 2019 camping ban reversal by Austin City Council, voters on May 1, by about 57%, approved Proposition B, which...
Homelessness, Local
05/03/21 So much has happened at the Esperanza Community last month. Here is an update from Chris Baker Executive Director of The Other Ones Foundation. As many of you might know, our construction of a transformational complex has begun! This month, TXDOT took down...
Homelessness, Local
SOURCE: AUSTIN CHRONICLE “You shouldn’t be here. You should be on a tour bus.” That’s Cole, a visual artist who currently lives at the Esperanza Community, sharing a heartfelt compliment about another resident, Donald Montgomery (aka “Hippie”). Both men had just...
