Another city in Collin County has banned camping and sleeping in public places, despite not offering any emergency housing for people experiencing homelessness there.
The McKinney city council passed a law banning public camping in October. The Allen city council voted unanimously to pass a similar ordinance earlier this month.
Texas already has a state law that banned public camping in 2021 but Allen Police Chief Steve Dye, who proposed the ordinance, told the city council at a recent meeting the state law doesn’t go far enough…