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Austin officials and unsheltered residents push for better housing


Austin officials and unsheltered residents push for better housing
Austin officials and unsheltered residents push for better housing
A year and a half after Austin lifted a local ban on camping in public, some officials want to buy hotels for housing homeless residents. Meanwhile, a state-sanctioned encampment in the city is full and can t accept new residents.
Juan Pablo Garnham, The Texas Tribune
Jan. 27, 2021
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A woman that goes by “Whisper” sits with her possesions under Ben White near Westgate as TxDOT workers follow through with a directive from Gov. Greg Abbott to clean up under highway overpasses like Ben White at Westgate in Austin on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019.Bob Owen/Staff photographer ....

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As Gov. Greg Abbott vows to ban homeless camping in public, Austin officials and unsheltered residents push for better housing access


As Gov. Greg Abbott vows to ban homeless camping in public, Austin officials and unsheltered residents push for better housing access
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Teddy Maddux sits on his couch inside a tent made out of tarps at a homeless encampment on state-owned land in Austin on Jan. 18. Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican who has made homelessness one of his many battlegrounds in an ongoing war against Austin’s progressive leadership, wants the Legislature to ban camping in public places like sidewalks and highway underpasses.
Credit: Evan L Roy/The Texas Tribune
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