Attack on sleeping homeless man highlights violence faced by homeless Austinites

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The recent assault of a sleeping homeless man on March 28 highlights the violence faced by Austin's population of homeless people.Chris Davis, communications and public policy director at the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO), said that homeless people are more vulnerable to violence."Someone who doesn't have the security of being able to lock the door behind them is going to be an easy target," Davis said.Survey data of homeless people gathered by ECHO in 2022 reve