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The Texas Village Rethinking Homelessness

The Texas Village Rethinking Homelessness

Update: 2024-12-067
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Warning: this episode contains strong language.

In Austin, Texas, a local businessman has undertaken one of the nation’s biggest and boldest efforts to confront the crisis of chronic homelessness.

Lucy Tompkins, a national reporter for The Times, takes us inside the multimillion-dollar experiment, to understand its promise and peril.

Guest: Lucy Tompkins, who reports on national news for The New York Times.

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Justina Pfister

ugh how can you say that palliative means end-of-life care, when it does not, it's such a common misconception and should have been specifically corrected here

Dec 7th
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The Texas Village Rethinking Homelessness

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