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Fort Worth seeks to reduce homelessness while Austin just wants to cover it up

Cities spend a lot of money because of homelessness, whether it's to lend a helping hand or to sweep the problem under the rug.Two Texas cities - Fort Worth and Austin - are taking decidedly different approaches to the problem. In Fort Worth they're pursuing long-term strategies. Remarks J.R. Labbe at the Startlegram:Fort Worth, which is "home" to about 80 percent of the county?s homeless population, has a realistic plan for dramatically decreasing the number of the chronically homeless within a decade."Directions Home" is not pie-in-the-sky. It?s not, as naysayers and folks with hearts the size of chickpeas continually complain in anonymous voicemail messages on my office phone every time I write about this topic, a waste of time, money and energy...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 12, 2008 (boomark / email).