Salvation Army to offer cold weather essentials to homeless people in San Antonio this weekend
The team’s mobile feeding truck will be set up near the intersection of Frio Road and Houston Street…
San Antonio shelters, businesses brace for impact as back-to-back cold weekends strain resources
SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio is bracing for another round of cold weather, and the impact is already…
Houston’s Oakland encampment proposal wouldn’t jeopardize state funds
Councilmember Ken Houston’s proposal to overhaul how Oakland handles homeless camps has generated controversy in part because of…
Houston Built a Blueprint To Reduce Homelessness. Staying Housed Is the Ongoing Challenge.
HOUSTON — Houston has proven something rare in American housing policy: a large city can significantly reduce homelessness.…
In Dallas-Fort Worth, thousands sought shelter from the freezing temperatures
As ice and snow hit North Texas over the weekend, thousands sought shelter from the freezing temperatures. Multiple…
Freezing temperatures change San Antonio’s annual Point-in-Time count of people experiencing homelessness
SAN ANTONIO – Freezing temperatures on Tuesday night changed how one city nonprofit counted our most vulnerable neighbors.…
Hoping ‘no’ means ‘not yet’ among Dallas homeless who refuse warmth
Monday morning I stepped onto the Northaven Trail, a block from my house, headed west. Young couples with…
Fort Worth store manager helps save homeless woman found frozen outside
A Fort Worth woman is recovering after two community members helped save her when she was found frozen…
OurCalling staffers rush to get people off the streets
Lekevie Johnson and Paulo Dorsey jumped into OurCalling’s green van Friday morning to drive their route. The team’s…
At Plano mosque, Christians, Muslims give unhoused neighbors shelter from winter storm
Hours before North Texas plunged to freezing temperatures Friday night, Muslim, Presbyterian and Catholic volunteers were hard at…
Counting, cautioning Dallas’ homeless hours before ice storm
Just after 7 Thursday night, the Rev. Mitchell Boone, the young, bespectacled senior pastor at downtown’s First United…
Dallas prepares Fair Park shelter ahead of winter storm
With the clock racing until the freezing precipitation arrives, there is a sense of urgency at Fair Park’s…