ECHO is thrilled to be working alongside our dedicated partners to end veteran homelessness by January 2016! Our commitment to ending veteran homelessness is being championed by Mayor Adler through the Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness. We are fiercely...
We are in most need of units to house single individuals or two member households. This could be: Traditional one bedroom/ efficiency/ studio apartments One bedroom condos Garage apartments One bedroom units in fourplexes/ duplexes We are also always in need of larger...
The premise of Housing First is both counterintuitive and palm-to-the-forehead obvious. The simple part goes like this: Give the chronically homeless what they need most—homes. There’s a clear humanitarian reason for doing this, but what’s changing minds now is data...
As the cold, wet weather moved in, local shelters filled up. When the conditions get this bad, several shelters partner with organizations to increase their intake by as much as 50 percent. “And they work, they’re comfortable,” said Dusty White while stacking sleeping...
Ending Community Homelessness Coalition is recruiting 300 additional volunteers to count Austin’s homeless population, most specifically those who will be sleeping outside in the early morning hours of Saturday, Jan. 24. Under the terms of ECHO’s federal funding (via...
