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Artwork by artist Tom Jett featuring colorful overlapping handprints
January 8, 2025

ECHO publishes community’s first unhoused mortality report

By Chris Davis
1,010 unhoused people died in Austin/Travis County between 2018-2023, comprehensive new report finds; the average age of death was 50 years old --...
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PIT Count logo with text that says Let's Count
September 26, 2024

ECHO Announces Date for 2025 Point in Time (PIT) Count

By Chris Davis
Announcement kicks off campaign to recruit 1,200 volunteers for the single-night survey of people experiencing homelessness in Austin/Travis...
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Colorful painting of buildings in a skyline
September 7, 2024

Why the State of the HRS report looks the way it does

By Chris Davis
The Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) recently published the 2024 State of the Homelessness Response System (HRS) report, a...
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mural on wooden fence of hands in heart shape and text that says community
June 4, 2024

Hope at Esperanza Community | Guest Perspective

by Christopher Carrphotos by Michael Davis Editor's note: In May 2024, members of the Austin Homelessness Advisory Council (AHAC) and Austin...
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Photo of hands holding small house cut-out on wooden background with text that says "System Progress, new housing under construction"
May 30, 2024

Partners break ground on two new permanent housing developments

By Chris Davis
AUSTIN (May 30, 2024) – Partners working to end homelessness in our community broke ground on two separate housing developments this month, adding...
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