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Housing Connector, a nonprofit that uses Zillow-powered technology to remove barriers to housing and match people with vacant units, has officially launched in Austin. In partnership with the City of Austin’s Homeless Strategy Office, Housing…

AUSTIN, Texas - The City of Austin has completed a thorough cleaning of a private property at 6706 Bluff Springs Road, which had been the site of a growing homeless encampment. The City of Austin’s Homeless Strategy Office and Development Services…

The City of Austin's Homeless Strategy Office (HSO) has announced the compassionate closure of a sprawling encampment located on 37 acres of high wildfire risk land near the intersection of westbound Ben White Boulevard and Montopolis Drive. HSO…

Austin, Texas – The City of Austin will activate Cold Weather Shelters (CWS) overnight Tuesday through Thursday, Feb. 18-20, as temperatures are forecasted to dip into the low 30s and 20s nightly during this period. Overnight temperatures on Monday…

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…