Dallas County asked to consider tax increase for homelessness response

There was little left behind Thursday morning after multiple agencies, including Dallas police, helped shut down a homeless encampment beneath Interstate 45.

The closure is part of an ongoing effort to move people living unsheltered in Dallas into what leaders call permanent supportive housing.

Housing advocates said a strategy launched in downtown Dallas nearly two years ago has led to steep declines in the number of people sleeping outside overnight. Officials said those efforts have since expanded beyond downtown neighborhoods…

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