Texas Cities Face Difficulties Counting Their Homeless Population — At A Time When Their Numbers Matter Most
/ Nicole Aurit sits by her tent under a highway overpass in downtown Austin last month. Aurit had been working as a manager at a Supercuts before her job shut down due to COVID-19. Nicole Aurit came to Austin from San Antonio expecting to live in her van, get a job and eventually find stable housing. She managed to find work as a manager at a Super Cuts, but when the pandemic hit in March, the city suddenly shut down, and she lost her job. That halted a search for a permanent home. And the pandemic also slowed services for people experiencing homelessness, and donations from people suddenly ...
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