Councilman Jesse Moreno of City Council District 2 has released an op-ed in the Dallas Morning Snooze (News) highlighting the significant faults in Dallas’s response to homelessness. Councilman Moreno proved himself over-target by stating that the current status quo of “Housing First” is an abject failure.
Housing First is a policy that supports housing as a top priority in dealing with homelessness. While it may sound good on paper, the reality is that Dallas is spending millions of dollars hiding our homeless population for weeks at a time. Meanwhile, those vagrants are not getting real help with their mental illness and addictions and end up back on the streets with little change.
Vagrancy has only gotten worse since the start of the decade, and every push from the city has backfired. After attempts to provide “affordable housing” by purchasing properties like the abandoned hospital on South Hampton Road or the defunct homeless shelter downtown, the City has failed to present solutions that result in meaningful change. The City’s obsession with Housing First has doomed our present response to Homelessness.
Councilman Moreno wants a significant change, which means abandoning the failed Housing First model and enacting real solutions like the San Antonio Haven For Hope model. Haven For Hope takes a holistic approach to homelessness – prioritizing rehabilitation – and centralizing all homeless services for San Antonio in one place.
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Tracking Illegal Camps
This week, Executive Director Joseph Porter went live from the Original Market Diner on Harry Hines Blvd. to show off the vagrant camp that has placed a local restaurant under major stress with criminal activity. KDS obtained an open records request proving the City is aware of these issues, yet the owner says officials have done nothing after YEARS of complaints!
District 13 Councilwoman Gay Donnell Willis
“Underpass Slums Camp”
This camp in Gay Donnell Willis’s District 13 has been dubbed “Underpass Trash Camp.” As vagrancy is left unchecked by the powers that be, similar scenes pop up all over the City. A sidewalk is overtaken with vagrants and panhandlers, all loitering around and bringing crime with them. This must end!
District 2 Councilman Jesse Moreno
“Construction Zone Camp”
This camp in Jesse Moreno’s District 2 has earned the title “Construction Zone Camp.” This vagrant has taken up a permanent residence under I-30 and has decided to start building stuff from scrap wood with all his extra time. We have passed this camp multiple times and he is always building something as we pass by. Why does our City leadership let people live in public spaces – especially this close to highways?
District 6 Councilman Omar Narvaez
“Roadside Living Room Camp”
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