Houston Mayor Annise Parker announced a major success in addressing the homelessness situation in downtown. With an increased focus on client coordination by agencies both public and private, and with a renewed focus on finding housing options for people, a record decrease has been seen in numbers on our city-center streets. However, until results of the full homeless census are available later in the year, much more will not be known about the issue beyond downtown. (Video: KTRK 13 News)
OTHER COVERAGE:
- Houston’s homeless population decreases by 50 percent (KIAH 39 Newsfix)
- Mayor Parker says homeless population has been cut in half (KHOU 11 News)
- Houston’s Hidden Homeless Live Under Bridges, in the Shadows, Out of Sight and Mind (Houston Press)
- Parker says city has cut downtown homeless numbers in half (Houston Chronicle)
- Parker says downtown homeless population cut in half (Chron.com)
