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Video: KHOU 11 News
Laurie Johnson, KUHF Public Radio
Houston leaders are working to get the city’s more than 2,000 chronically homeless citizens into permanent housing.
Every year, homeless organizations conduct a count of the number of people living on the streets and in shelters in Houston. Of the 8,000 homeless Houstonians, about 2,500 are identified as chronically homeless.
Last week, volunteers fanned out across the city to identify and interview as many of those people as possible and determine what services are necessary to get them into permanent housing.
Houston Mayor Annise Parker says they interviewed 847 people on the streets.
“Eighteen percent were veterans, 15 percent were women, 20 percent had been victims of some sort of domestic violence, nearly half have identified mental health issues, nearly half suffer from one or more serious chronic health conditions.”
(Listen to the full story at KUHF Public Radio)
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- Budget Deal May Not Come Until Thursday (Texas Tribune)
- Lawmakers yet to produce New Funding for Transportation & Windstorm (KRIV 26 News)
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NATION & WORLD:
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- Cloning Is Used to Create Embryonic Stem Cells (New York Times)
- Tropical Storm Alvin Forms (Weather.com)
- Turkey looks for international aid, and countries to host refugees, in Syrian crisis (Washington Post)