Dallas Mayoral Candidates Offer Divergent Views on Homelessness

Four candidates for mayor of Dallas agree on at least this much: Homelessness is a growing problem that the city must find a way to solve.

At a public forum Thursday, candidates shared their ideas for meeting that goal, ranging from partnering with the agencies and nonprofits that are already doing that work, to wholesale change of the global economic order.

Dallas City Council member Scott Griggs, Dallas school board member Miguel Solis, nonprofit CEO Lynn McBee and Alyson Kennedy, a member of the Socialist Workers Party, spoke Thursday morning at the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance's Mayoral Forum on Homelessness.

During the forum, Griggs discussed the need to stop funding boondoggles like the $115 million Margaret McDermott Bridge and image-enhancing projects like the whitewater rapids on the Trinity River. If the city stopped getting mired in projects that look good on a postcard but don't improve the quality of life in Dallas, it would have more money to spend on housing and other services for the city's homeless population.

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