Volunteers keep shelter at Fair Park open for another arctic blast
"If you see someone out on the streets experiencing homelessness in this weather, it's not just dangerous it's fatal."
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"If you see someone out on the streets experiencing homelessness in this weather, it's not just dangerous it's fatal."
"If places like this didn't exist, there are kids who could suffer without being at fault."
The inclement weather center that opened Friday at Fair Park's Grand Place reached capacity.
A record 650,000 people experienced homelessness on a single January night, a 12% jump from a year earlier.
Journey to Dream runs Kyle's Place, a transitional living campus in Denton County for teens ages 14 to 19 years old.
A federal judge's ruling opens the door for Dallas to enforce an ordinance restricting panhandling.
Hilary is expected to plow into the Mexican peninsula on Saturday night and then surge northward and enter the history books as the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years.
Christian Sampson is focused on his bright future despite everything that has happened in the past, but he promises to return to DFW one day as a champion of hope for others.
Christian Sampson spent six months bouncing from shelter to shelter, even spending some time on the streets, after a fallout with his family.
With interest rates rising again coupled with inflation still impacting how much we pay for things, living is just expensive for many people.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced on Thursday that it will award $22.8 million to Dallas programs working to end homelessness.
Thursday night, thousands of North Texans assisted the federal government with its annual nationwide count of people experiencing homelessness.
Fort Worth crews cleared out a long-standing homeless camp at an underpass off of Lancaster, leaving the people who lived there to figure out what to do next on their own.
Eric Hill has been homeless since about 2019 or 2020. About a year ago, he was finally able to get a housing voucher through the DRC. However, he too was stuck on the waiting list and frustrated that he was still without a home. "I'm in the program... I want to know why I am still outside dealing with this nonsense."
Fort Worth police cleared out a long-standing homeless camp at an underpass off of Lancaster, leaving the people who lived there to figure out what to do next on their own.
The students made their designs from scratch to meet the needs of homeless men.
As we honor veterans across North Texas, it's important to remember the veterans in our area who are experiencing homelessness.
Dallas city leaders voted to amend an existing transportation ordinance to ban standing in medians.
During a Fort Worth city work session on Tuesday, city leaders and stakeholders discussed this growing problem in the city.
The City of Dallas is taking a new approach to security at homeless encampment sweeps. They say it's an effort to improve communication and ensure safety, but activists worry it could have the opposite effect.
A Fort Worth police officer is helping a veteran get back on his feet.
The mayor said many of the migrants had asked to go to different destinations, but were not given a choice.
Fort Worth could be the largest city to eradicate chronic homelessness according to the Tarrant County Homeless Coalition.
