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Dallas officials outline structured encampment response; council presses for capacity, metrics and legal clarity
Summary
City staff explained the Dallas Street Response 311-to-cleanup workflow and new performance tracking; council members raised concerns about shelter capacity, enforcement under Texas law (House Bill 1925) and how placarding and closure timelines are applied.
City staff presented a multi-step encampment servicing process to the Housing and Homeless Solutions Committee on Nov. 4 that routes 311 requests through field assessment, outreach engagement, escalation, placarded closure notices and cleanup with post-clean monitoring.
Kevin Oden, director of Emergency Management and Crisis Response, described the model: "Every 3-1-1 request related to encampments is routed through our structured process," he said, and staff then match response type to site conditions, offering outreach and services before escalation. Oden emphasized that "enforcement is a last resort and only used…
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