Dallas Has the Highest Homeless Population in Texas |
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In the nation, Dallas has the 15th largest homeless population, but the numbers are even worse when you only compare the cities of Texas. Austin’s homeless population has grown to 3,157 while Houston has hovered around 3,124 homeless individuals in recent years.
Both of these cities are notorious for having noticeably high levels of vagrancy, but somehow, Dallas is worse with a staggering population of at least 4,410 homeless.
Homelessness in the U.S. began to skyrocket after the federal government mandated the Housing First approach, which places vagrants and the homeless in free or reduced-rent housing without any work or sobriety requirements.
In fact, since 2013, homelessness in the U.S. has increased by nearly 25%. With the 15th largest homeless population in the nation, Dallas is clearly suffering from irresponsible government programs.
However, not all Texas cities are seeing an increase in homelessness. In 2003, the homeless population of San Antonio was an unbelievable 25,000, but it has since decreased to only 2,995. That is an incredible 80% decrease in downtown homelessness! |
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The secret is the city’s Haven for Hope model, which centralizes services for the homeless into one location. Currently, homeless services in Dallas are spread all across the city, and the people who need them often don’t know where to look.
A centralized solution has two main benefits. First, services are easy to access for homeless individuals who want to get back on their feet. Second, anyone living on the streets outside of this designated area can be recognized as a willfully homeless vagrant or someone who does not have the mental ability to seek help on their own. This allows the police to enforce Texas’s urban camping ban, making the city safer and cleaner.
The reality is undeniable: responsible cities centralize homeless services.
Are you tired of seeing tent villages spread across Dallas? Do you worry about your safety walking through public places?
Contact your city council member. Ask them why they refuse to abandon failing government programs and seek real solutions. Tell them Dallas needs to centralize homeless services to help the homeless and get criminal vagrants off our streets! |
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Murders of Blacks & Hispanics Continue to Climb in Dallas |
Our city council uses misleading terms like “racial justice” and “equity” to justify hateful policies that leave some neighborhoods unprotected from crime and violence. Left-wing activists believe that proper policing is racist and leads to the death of minority residents, but the lack of police presence in Black and Hispanic neighborhoods only leads to more deaths and destroyed lives. Black and Hispanic residents of Dallas deserve safety, too! Read more...
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Dallas Police Need Help Locating Suspect of Fatal Hit-And-Run |
The lack of police on our streets emboldens criminals to try and escape rather than face the consequences of their actions. The Dallas Police Department simply doesn’t have the manpower to properly patrol our streets, and there certainly aren’t enough officers to track down the perpetrators of every unsolved crime. We need more cops on our streets to keep us safe and to deter criminals! Read more...
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Dallas’ Lack of 4k Cops Puts Strain on Response Times |
So many public safety issues in Dallas stem from the fact that the Dallas Police Department (DPD) is understaffed by nearly 1,000 officers. Perhaps the most obvious issue is the sluggish response times residents experience when they call 911. On average, it takes police 169.8 minutes to respond to burglary calls in central Dallas. By the time officers arrive, the criminals are long gone. DPD needs to go from 3,000 to 4,000 officers ASAP! Read more...
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Each week the KDS team drives its planned route through Dallas photo-documenting and cataloguing illegal encampments to inform the city of these locations. Our team livestreams these activities giving the community a first-hand look at the vagrancy crisis in Dallas. In this episode, we found more disgusting open-air toilets outside of City Hall! Watch here. |
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District 6 Councilman Omar Narvaez's
"Inconvenience Camp" |
We named this camp in Omar Narvaez’s District 6 “Inconvenience Camp.” Need to stop by a convenience store? Well, this one won’t work. Every vagrant camp in Dallas causes residents some inconvenience, but especially the ones you find right outside of a business. Whether you are a customer, an employee, or a business owner, vagrancy makes it harder to feel good about being in Dallas. |
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District 6 Councilman Omar Narvaez's
"Railroad Camp" |
This camp in Omar Narvaez’s District 6 has earned the title “Railroad Camp.” Camps like this one are a danger to the whole area, not to mention the people who live here. The KDS team has witnessed trains stopped on the tracks because debris from a camp is blocking the way. Vagrants steal public spaces for private use, and they put us all in danger, too! |
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District 10 Councilwoman Kathy Stewart's
"Careless Camp" |
This camp in Kathy Stewart’s District 10 has been dubbed “Careless Camp.” How much more careless can you get than to set up your bed and belongings on a highly trafficked road? It may be convenient to live right next to your favorite panhandling spot, but it's clearly dangerous and irresponsible. On top of the serious danger this presents for the vagrant and passing motorists, it makes Dallas uglier and dirtier! |
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To Report an Encampment: Dial 3-1-1 or Call (214) 670-3111 and Click on your District Councilman to Email them with the Date and Camp Location.
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Mission Statement:
Keep Dallas Safe exists to address crime and homelessness in Dallas with the goal of transforming Dallas into the safest large city in Texas for residents and businesses. We aim to have a City Council that prioritizes crime rate which directly determines the quality of life in Dallas. We do this by fighting against the "defund the police" movement, holding accountable our city leaders' efforts towards lowering district crime rates, and highlighting our city's homelessness problems by pushing for enforcement of the prohibition of urban camping.
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