Texas is not red. pic.twitter.com/uRqi2VaWbj
— WeRideAtDawn08 (@WeRideAtDawn08) August 24, 2026
City cleaned 127 homeless camps and 300+ tons of trash in one month but people keep coming back.
Point-in-time count still shows over 3,200 homeless in the Austin area.
New “No Wrong Door” program launched to stop the jail-homeless cycle after years of failure.
Austin ISD has the most failing schools in Texas for the second year straight.
Can Austin break the costly cycle of homelessness, jail and crisis? A new program aims to do that.
Austin’s No Wrong Door initiative targets a costly cycle of homelessness and arrests by connecting people with long-term support.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/17/austin-no-wrong-door-jail-homelessness-program/