ECHO spokesman Chris Davis noted that the 2023 count showed the city’s camping ban and a change in service providers had drawn the homeless population farther outside downtown Austin.

AUSTIN (KXAN)— In just two days a homeless camp in southeast Austin was cleaned up after months of complaints from the community. KXAN stopped by multiple times since January only to find more ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — When deciding which homeless encampments to clear, the city of Austin ranks encampments based on metrics such as public safety and nearby critical infrastructure, according to ...

three Austin City Council members stood alongside advocates and individuals experiencing homelessness, who called for an end to encampment sweeps and increased investments in housing and homeless ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas attorney general is suing Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center after parents complained of people doing drugs near Joslin Elementary School. Council Member Ryan Alter ...

HUD is sending nearly $14 million to Austin and Travis County to help address homelessness. It's $2 million more than last year and the largest amount our area has ever received for homeless services.

Austin Animal Center's Brendan Gemmell chats with Marco Aguilar while delivering dog food to Aguilar and the dogs he cares for near Del Valle. Gemmell does homeless outreach for Austin Animal ...

In 2019, the last year before the pandemic, House the Homeless tallied 184 people who died while experiencing homelessness in Austin. In 2020, that number shot up to 256. In 2021, it hovered ...

Paxton claims the Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center in Austin is a “magnet” for drugs and crime. Sunrise is located near an elementary school within a neighborhood where residents have ...