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A Dallas Megadonor, a New Nonprofit, and the War on ‘Housing First’

A scheme to relocate the unhoused out of one Texas city's downtown sheds light on a larger right-wing takeover of federal homelessness policy.

by Steven Monacelli

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As authorities prepared to evict its residents, a reporter spent six weeks in Dallas’ biggest homeless camp.

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