Black Austinites are six times more likely to experience homelessness than white Austinites, report finds

out this week from the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition, or ECHO, found Black folks in Austin are six times more likely to experience homelessness than white Austinites. But the report also showed that the Austin area's system to connect people with housing has become more equitable.

set aside hundreds of millions in federal money to address homelessness, but nonprofits and advocatesThat's increasingly challenging in Austin because of the costs of housing and because we have a stagnant minimum wage and because health care is inaccessible for lots of folks living in deep poverty," Burrus said."Even when we have increased funding in our system ... we're still kind of facing this uphill battle to house people.

Burrus told KUT this year's analysis is unique. In October, ECHO retooled its coordinated assessment system in favor of one that is tailored to Travis County and addresses historic equity gaps in Austin's homelessness system. The data in the report is a unique look at both the previous system, known as the Vulnerability Index, and the new one, the Austin Prioritization Index.

atxecho Let's continue to improve that system and get everyone connected.

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