East Austin village opens, renting houses to homeless for $225 a month

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16. But how many are chronically homeless?

These small communities and SROs address chronic homelessness, which make up less than a fourth of all homeless people and that number is going down.

Most homelessness is temporary, thank goodness. So the question is, are there enough shelter beds and are the shelters safe? Are homeless people being helped through outreach efforts to help them get disability if eligible, healthcare, food stamps etc.

Is there enough temporary shelter available to get people off the street IF they want. We cannot force people to stay at a shelter if they don't want to. I do think its in everyone's best interest to provide clean public toilets because the alternative is people going behind buildings and such.

When faced with the possibility of homelessness, I spent a night at a shelter. The shower was hot, the towels were clean. The food was adequate. I slept on a mat on the floor. The 2 things I learned - bring my own pillow and eye mask. They leave the lights on through the night to cut down on theft. It wasn't luxury, but it wasn't horrible. But you can only sleep there night to night. You cannot STAY.