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December 8, 2021

Join the Austin Youth Collective

By Chris Davis
Are you a young person with firsthand experience of homelessness? Do you want turn that experience into expertise to improve programs, services, and...
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October 21, 2021

Dig into homelessness data using new dashboard

By Chris Davis
AUSTIN (Oct. 21, 2021) -- A new dashboard provides direct access for the first time to regularly-updated in-depth homelessness data covering housing...
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September 30, 2021

Fiercely Focused: CommUnityCare

By Chris Davis
AUSTIN -- When the pandemic started, unhoused people faced a lot of questions: Where am I supposed to isolate? Where can I wash my hands now that...
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September 29, 2021

We must dismantle white male supremacy in homelessness services. Here’s step one.

By Chris Davis
AUSTIN (Sept. 29, 2021) -- Austin/Travis County’s Homelessness Response System, like so many across the country, is imbued with systemic...
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September 15, 2021

New reports highlight racial inequities and the need for more housing

By Chris Davis
AUSTIN (Sept. 15, 2021) -- A Black Austinite is six times more likely than a white Austinite to experience homelessness, new research from the...
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