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Homeless Strategy Office outlines shelter capacity, prevention focus and HEAL encampment approach
Summary
Homeless Strategy Officer David Gray told the task force about system capacity, shelter operations and a renewed emphasis on prevention and matching interventions to needs; staff reported roughly 6,000 people sleeping unsheltered on any night and highlighted diversion funds and shelter throughput in HEAL encampment closures.
David Gray, the City of Austin’s Homeless Strategy Officer, briefed the Bond Election Advisory Task Force on March 24 about the structure and current needs of Austin’s homeless response system, shelter capacity and the office’s priorities for prevention, encampment response and ensuring appropriate interventions.
On-scale and system figures
Gray said approximately 6,000 people sleep unsheltered on any given night in Austin; in the prior year the system recorded about 3,000 successful exits from homelessness—an increase Gray described as roughly 50% over 2022. He said about 24,000 distinct people interacted with the homeless response system over the year and about 8,400…
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