‘There Are Still People Outside And We’ve Got to Keep Going’: Dallas Reduces Unsheltered Homelessness by 24%

This article was originally published on CandysDirt.com on October 29, 2024. 

Darilynn Belier, vice-president of Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, said a large percentage of Dallas’ unsheltered population is experiencing mental illness, substance use disorder, or both. Serious mental illness is eight times higher among the unsheltered than the general population, Belier said.

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