KVUE: Austin community coalition says it has raised 90% of $515M goal to combat homelessness
AUSTIN — The coalition of community partners known as Finding Home ATX is now 90% of the way to meeting its fundraising goal, stakeholders announced at a news conference on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022.
The goal, $515 million to house an additional 3,000 people over three years, is the result of the weeks-long Summit to Address Unsheltered Homelessness. Philanthropist and ECHO Board Member Lynn Meredith convened the group of stakeholders with Mayor Steve Adler.
KVUE reports:
“The coalition said its goal will add new affordable housing units and build a ‘more advanced homelessness response system.’
Funding from partners will help the coalition achieve its housing goal, with 1,300 people housed in newly-developed units and 1,700 people placed in existing rental units across Austin, according to a release. FindingHomeATX said it has already contributed to the creation of 1,400 new units in 20 projects in the development process, with 625 people already housed.
‘Our work is a community-led movement to transform the way Austin responds to and addresses people experiencing homelessness. We are taking a moment today to celebrate how Austin has, once again, risen to the challenge to serve our neighbors,’ FindingHomeATX Chair Lynn Meredith said in a release.”