30-day pilot program around downtown homeless shelter begins

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Tuesday marks the first day of dramatic changes the city of Austin is making to address what’s become a public health and safety crisis in downtown Austin: the crowd of homeless people surrounding the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless, known as the ARCH.
For the next 30 days the city will try to reduce the crowd and drug dealing within it.
Now that the clock’s ticking, KXAN wanted to know, what can we expect when it’s over? There’s still a numb