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With temperatures forecasted to dip into the 30s overnight Sunday into Monday morning, the City of Austin will open overnight Cold Weather Shelters (CSW) Sunday night, Feb. 16, 2025. Registration for shelter will occur between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. at…
The City of Austin’s Homeless Strategy Office, in collaboration with the Austin Watershed Protection Department, compassionately closed an encampment within a high flash flood risk area of the Country Club Creek watershed near the intersection of…
With a strong cold front moving into Central Texas on Saturday morning and a secondary push of cold air late Saturday into Sunday morning, the City of Austin will open overnight Cold Weather Shelters (CSW) Saturday night, Jan. 18. Cold Weather…
The City of Austin’s Homeless Strategy Office and its contracted shelter operator, Urban Alchemy, are proud to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Eighth Street Shelter. Since opening in December 2023, the 150-bed shelter has served 485 clients…
With temperatures forecasted to dip into the 30s overnight Sunday into Monday morning, the City of Austin will open overnight Cold Weather Shelters (CSW) Sunday night, Jan. 5, 2025. Cold Weather Shelters will continue to be available each night…
With temperatures forecasted to dip into the mid-30s early Saturday morning, the City of Austin will open overnight Cold Weather Shelters (CWS) Friday night, Dec. 20. Registration for shelter will occur between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Friday at One…
In a compassionate effort to support individuals experiencing homelessness, the City of Austin’s Homeless Strategy Office (HSO) and its partners successfully transitioned over 100 unhoused residents to housing just in time for the holidays. The…
With temperatures forecasted to dip into the mid-30s overnight Tuesday into Wednesday morning, the City of Austin will open overnight Cold Weather Shelters (CSW) Tuesday night, Dec. 10, 2024. City staff will continue to monitor weather conditions to…
At the Dec. 4 Public Health Committee meeting, the City of Austin Homeless Strategy Office shared important updates regarding its homelessness services, including significant improvements in the Marshalling Yard Emergency Shelter (MYES) exit rate…