In the next three years, Austin aims to unlock an additional
3,000 homes for unsheltered residents, among other strategies to help more Austinites exit homelessness into stable housing.
That benchmark is one of three key objectives unveiled by local leaders last week after a virtual summit of city officials including Mayor
Steve Adler, the
Downtown Austin Alliance, the
Austin Chamber of Commerce,
Austin Justice Coalition,
Homes Not Handcuffs, and other service providers, advocates, and community partners. The overall strategy also calls for creating more capacity with more service providers and implementing rehousing activations specifically targeting encampments, such as the city s recently launched
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English Professor Sherman Han was honored for working 40 years at BYU–Hawaii at the annual employee appreciation event, called Ho’omaika’i, which means “to thank” in Hawaiian. It was held on Jan. 28 via Zoom due to COVID-19 restrictions. BYUH honored, celebrated and recognized the years of service provided by employees and presented exemplary employee awards at the event.
A part of the Faculty of Arts & Letters, Han said, “I am very grateful to have the opportunity to serve in this great University which has been like a dear family to me. As happy times go fast, 40 years feels like only a very short time to me.”