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Solutions to homelessness exist – they require scaling up social services and housing programs, including the pathways from shelter to housing. To date, Austin has not identified adequate funding to address this challenge. How would you work to identify the funding needed?

City of Austin : City Council, District 1

State laws make it difficult to pass a fair chance housing ordinance, but that shouldn’t stop us from providing Fair …

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Lewis Conway Jr.

One of the potential ways to create funding to help with our homeless population is expanding the convention center and …

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Vincent Harding

This is yet again a time for strong collaborative efforts to connect public and private efforts and dollars. Developments like …

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Natasha Harper-Madison

As a city, we should be encouraging the private sector and foundations to play a bigger role in ending homelessness. …

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Mariana Salazar

Public-private partnerships from social agencies.

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Reedy Macque Spigner III

City of Austin : City Council, District 3

Funding to combat homelessness will have to come from a combination of sources. As council has recently done, we should …

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Justin Jacobson

Vote for prop A. Public private partnerships with foundations like MSDF, Episcopal Health Foundation, St. Davids, to match local funding …

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Amit Motwani

We can address our homelessness issue in two effective ways. First, we can continue to waive fees for housing programs …

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Sabino “Pio” Renteria

City of Austin : City Council, District 8

I support traditional and innovative funding solutions to address transitional and permanent housing needs with the goal of long-term stability. …

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Rich DePalma

Where there is a will, there’s a way. The City Council just recently approved a TIF-extension to the Waller Creek …

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Bobby Levinski

Public-private partnerships (community leaders, individual philanthropists, churches, nonprofits, and corporate interests working together to address this challenge). Bring the right …

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Frank Ward III

City of Austin : City Council, District 9

Prop A will certainly help provide resources for more low income housing, especially in the 0-30% MFI range. The bond …

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Danielle Skidmore

I have been a strong and consistent leader on developing and funding programs that serve people experiencing homelessness. My efforts …

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Kathie Tovo

City of Austin : Mayor

I have worked hard to find such dedicated funding streams. The “downtown puzzle,” associated with a convention center expansion, would …

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John Doe

I have worked hard to find such dedicated funding streams. The “downtown puzzle,” associated with a convention center expansion, would …

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Steve Adler

There are many solutions to homelessness. Let’s build houses. Let’s provide opportunity for healing and resilience, self-reliance, education, technology, and …

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Travis Duncan

This will make a concerted effort and require long-range planning involving public resources at the city, state and federal level, …

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Laura Morrison

I would look to address the initiatives in question # 9 to free up money for serious issues social issues …

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Todd Phelps