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Housing

Houston closes its largest homeless encampment as many move to new housing navigation center

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on February 10, 2023 · The city's new housing navigation center recently opened its doors. City officials hope the newly-opened center will help streamline the housing process.

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Housing

How A Statewide Homeless Encampment Ban Could Impede Housing Efforts In Houston

Andrew Schneider

Posted on June 14, 2021 · The Coalition for the Homeless warns House Bill 1925 could complicate efforts to find permanent housing for homeless Houstonians.

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Housing

Texas House Advances Bill That Would Ban Homeless Encampments In Public

Karen Brooks Harper, Texas Tribune / Duncan Agnew, The Texas Tribune

Posted on May 6, 2021 · The bill still needs final approval by the House — usually a formality after it's passed in the chamber's first vote — and then will head to the Senate.

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Gov. Greg Abbott Says Texas Will Temporarily House Homeless Austin Residents On Five Acres Of State Land

News, The Texas Tribune

Posted on November 7, 2019 · The announcement for temporary camping space comes after Abbott's office cleared homeless from state overpasses.

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Houston Matters

Architects Brainstorm New Concept For Durable, Temporary Shelters For Houston’s Homeless

Michael Hagerty

Posted on October 8, 2019 · A two-day brainstorming session aims to create an alternative for those living in the city’s homeless encampments.

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Federal Judge Considers Houston’s Homeless Camp Ban

Ed Mayberry

Posted on October 31, 2017 · Houston's mayor testified in federal court in defense of the city ordinance against homeless encampments; a judge ruled in August that the ban infringes on the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits "cruel and unusual punishment"

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Sea level rise in Galveston (May 4, 2023)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on May 4, 2023 · On Thursday's show: Why ice melting in Antarctica is affecting Texas -- and Galveston specifically -- more than other places.

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Housing

Homeless outreach groups are preparing Houston’s unhoused population for extreme cold

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on December 21, 2022 · Outreach teams from across the city have been directing unhoused people to shelters and providing cold weather supplies ahead the incoming freeze.

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Housing

Coalition for the Homeless awarded $5 million to curb homelessness for Houston families

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on November 23, 2022 · The grant is from the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund, which has granted money to organizations that support the immediate needs of young families since 2018. 

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Housing

Houston council votes to move forward with transitional housing center for homeless

Ashley Brown

Posted on September 15, 2022 · Mayor Turner emphasized the center is not a shelter, but a temporary stopping point for homeless individuals to get off the streets.  

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