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Texas lawmakers consider bills to prohibit homeless encampments statewide
Juan Pablo Garnham, The Texas Tribune
April 27, 2021
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Gabriela Roque loads up her belongings into a van with The Other Ones Foundation, a non-profit helping people move their belongings before TxDOT crews arrived to cleanup homeless encampments Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, in Austin, Texas.Godofredo A. Vásquez/Staff photographer
The Texas Legislature is considering bills that would ban homeless encampments statewide, almost two years after the city of Austin decided to lift a similar local ban a move that critics say triggered the proliferation of tent cities throughout Austin.
If lawmakers approve the legislation and Gov. Greg Abbott signs it into law, it would become the latest instance of the Republican-led state government overruling local ordinances. State lawmakers also are trying to stop cities from decreasing police funding after the “defund the police” movement sparked b
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The Texas Legislature is considering bills that would ban homeless encampments statewide, almost two years after the city of Austin decided to lift a similar local ban a move that critics say triggered the proliferation of tent cities throughout Austin.
If lawmakers approve the legislation and Gov. Greg Abbott signs it into law, it would become the latest instance of the Republican-led state government overruling local ordinances. State lawmakers also are trying to stop cities from decreasing police funding after the “defund the police” movement sparked by last year’s national protests against police brutality.
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