Homelessness
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Crime
Is Anyone Else a Little Creeped Out By the Idea of a Homeless Concentration Camp?
But upon reading of the latest plan do deal with homeless that is reported on in the Dallas Morning News today, I couldn't help but think that the whole homeless conversation in Dallas is starting to sound a little creepy.
Local News
Dallas Street Stories Hopes to Give Voice to the City’s Homeless
Visiting Tent City before the city's shutdown.
Local Government
Dallas’ Free-Housing Solution to Aiding the Chronically Homeless
It's perplexing, but it makes economic sense.
Local News
Help Count Dallas’ Homeless Population
The Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance needs 750 volunteers to survey the city's homeless population on January 21. Registration ends at noon today. This is an important undertaking, and if you have the time, you should consider signing up.
Visual Arts
Artist Finds ‘We Are All Homeless’ With Sign-Buying Project
Willie Baronet, who started buying signs from the homeless more than 20 years ago, is featured in a new documentary.
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Awesome Things
Celeb Hairstylist Mark Bustos Spent a Morning in Dallas Giving Cuts to the Homeless
The hospital ID bracelet remained on Brian Gray’s wrist Thursday morning as he sat against a bench in Downtown Dallas’ Main Street Garden. A seizure had landed him in an area hospital three days earlier, an idling effect from his brief NFL career with the Detroit Lions. Despite past successes, a lost telemarketing job and poor timing left 39-year-old Gray on Dallas’ streets six months ago after he’d moved from Los Angeles to help his then-pregnant sister. Gray, searching for normalcy, decided to start his day in the park Thursday when a young couple approached him, asking if they could do something nice for him.
Civics
How to End Homelessness? Give the Homeless Homes
Utah cut its chronically homeless population by 72 percent in the past nine years simply by giving the homeless homes.
Civics
Downtown and the Homeless: Is It Time to Consider Relocating The Bridge?
Neighborhood stakeholders say the homeless shelter isn't a very good neighbor.
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Three KERA Stories Worth Reading: On Refugees, Homeless Students, and Pre-K
On homeless kids, refugee families, and the first day of pre-K