Latest Homeless Count Shows Growing Scale of Housing Crisis in Dallas
First-time homelessness has risen over the last several years, and the COVID-19 pandemic has made life even more difficult for our most vulnerable neighbors.
By Alex Macon
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May 11, 2021
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The Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance today released the results of its latest point-in-time count, an annual survey of homelessness in the Dallas area. Outreach teams in February and March found 4,570 people who were homeless in Dallas and Collin counties.
That’s up from last year, when 4,471 people were counted, but the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance cautioned that this year’s count isn’t comparable for a few reasons. MDHA, which coordinates dozens of organizations and services centered on housing and homelessness, typically relies on teams of volunteers to venture out on one night in January to conduct surveys. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the count was instead conducted by profes
Dallas’ RedBird redo at old mall site hits a home run with first-phase apartments
Palladium USA’s new rental units are almost fully leased before they are even finished.
The almost-finished swimming pool area of the Palladium RedBird apartments.(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer)
Construction on the Palladium RedBird apartments in southwest Dallas is still months away from completion, but most of the rental units are already spoken for.
The 300-apartment project is the first phase of the $200 million redevelopment of old mall formerly called Red Bird and then Southwest Center, at Interstate 20 and U.S. Highway 67.
Over the last few years, developers have knocked down much of the old shopping center and are replacing it with the RedBird mixed-use project, a development with retail, residential and office space.
Reporting by Helen Popkin, Aayushi Pratap and Nina Wolpow
The Covid-19 pandemic was devastating for many industries, but it only accelerated the use of artificial intelligence across the U.S. economy. Amid the crisis, companies scrambled to create new services for remote workers and students, beef up online shopping and dining options, make customer call centers more efficient and speed development of important new drugs.
Even as applications of machine learning and perception platforms become commonplace, a thick layer of hype and fuzzy jargon clings to AI-enabled software.That makes it tough to identify the most compelling companies in the spaceâespecially those finding new ways to use AI that create value by making humans more efficient, not redundant.
Ed Jamison fixed Dallas’ broken animal shelter and curbed loose dogs. Here’s why he’s leaving DAS
The approaching fifth anniversary of Antoinette Brown’s mauling death is a tragic reminder that City Hall must not backslide on services.
Outgoing Dallas Animal Services Director Ed Jamison on Friday with Benson, one of the shelter dogs that is looking for a permanent home. Jamison will begin his job as CEO at Operation Kindness March 29.(Elias Valverde II)
If ever I wanted to disregard a Facebook post as fake news, it was the one I stumbled across a few days ago and still can’t quite believe: After only 3½ years, Dallas Animal Services director Ed Jamison is leaving his job.