homelessness
Leaders in the fight to house the unsheltered gave an encouraging progress report last week before the Dallas City Council’s Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee — but it’s clear that plenty of challenges still exist. Sarah Kahn, president and CEO of Housing Forward, pointed out that her organization, in partnership with other agencies and city…
Dallas has explored numerous options to get the unhoused off the streets and away from once-thriving businesses, residential neighborhoods, and public parks and libraries. Permanent supportive housing appears to be the solution most agree has been successful, yet the challenges persist. What the city has not done, however, is hand out cash to the homeless. …
Less than a year after a nonprofit returned the downtown property at 711 S. St. Paul St. to the City of Dallas in sparkling and secure condition, it’s become a squatting area for homeless individuals, overrun with feces and filth. It’s in such bad shape that the president and CEO of the nonprofit that occupied…
Pending some discussion with Dallas City Council members and stakeholders, local officials are poised to lobby the U.S. Congress to add blight remediation to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program, improve the Point-in-Time homeless count procedures, and add funding to federal grant programs. Director of Government Affairs Carrie Rogers was prepared to discuss the…
Last month’s news that the nonprofit CitySquare would be closing its doors at the end of the year is a devastating blow in the city’s fight against poverty and homelessness. Local leaders say it’s the nature of the beast in the nonprofit space where numerous organizations are competing for the same grant funds and all…
