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...
Homelessness, Local
SOURCE: KUT Austinites are deciding on a handful of propositions that could fundamentally change the way city government functions. But the marquee ballot measure this go-around is Proposition B, which would reinstate criminal penalties for behavior related to...
Homelessness, Local
SOURCE: PATCH.COM AUSTIN, TX—The City of Austin unveiled its plans to extend a helping hand to individuals experiencing homelessness and as part of the City Council’s Housing-Focused Encampment Assistance Link (HEAL) initiative. An announcement for the new...
Homelessness, Local
AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin community that’s already permanently housed 220 formerly homeless people is gearing up for a big expansion — and the addition of 1,400 micro-homes to help more people in need. Community First! Village, located in northeast Travis County, is...
