A DALLAS COUNTY MEASURE · TUESDAY, NOV. 3ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS NOW
Dallas County has a plan that works. Proposition A would take it to scale — getting more people off the streets, resolving encampments faster and making a visible difference in the neighborhoods, business districts and public spaces where people live and work.
DALLAS COUNTY · OFFICIAL BALLOT
PROPOSITION A
Sustainable countywide funding to expand proven homelessness solutions, with county oversight, audits and public reporting.
FOR
AGAINST
Early voting Oct. 19–30. Election Day Tuesday, Nov. 3, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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FIVE YEARS OF RESULTS IN DALLAS COUNTY
25,000+
PEOPLE OUT OF HOMELESSNESS
Housed through the county’s coordinated
response since 2021.
93%
STILL HOUSED TODAY
People who left homelessness and have stayed
out of it.
25%
DECLINE IN STREET HOMELESSNESS
Down more than 80% in the downtown
coordinated response.
Visible homelessness affects all of us.
It shapes neighborhoods, businesses, public spaces and quality of life, and it puts pressure on first responders, hospitals and jails. Residents and businesses are right to expect action and visible improvement where they live and work.
The status quo is not free.
Dallas County already pays for homelessness through emergency rooms, the jail and other crisis responses that manage the consequences without reducing the problem. The question for voters is what we are buying with that money.
Progress is a reason to expand what works.
More than 25,000 people have left homelessness, 93% have remained housed and street homelessness is down 25%. That is not an argument for stopping. It is evidence that the right interventions produce results when they reach people.
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WE KNOW
WHAT WORKS
The progress shows we know what works. The homelessness we still see shows why we need to do more.
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THE GAP
IS CAPACITY
About 11,000 households experience homelessness in Dallas County each year. The system can reach roughly 60% of them.
Served by today’s system
Proposition A would reach about 4,500 more households a year
— close to the entire share the current system cannot serve. Depending on what someone needs, that could mean short-term stabilization, a job connection, mental health treatment or intensive long-term support.
Beyond current capacity
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What Proposition A funds
Proposition A is a Dallas County measure, not a City of Dallas bond. It scales a model already operating here, matching people to the level of
help their situation actually calls for.
Emergency services to get people off the streets quickly
Getting people off the streets quickly, and giving outreach teams, hospitals and first responders somewhere to take someone besides an emergency room or a jail cell.
Mental health and addiction treatment
Care for people whose situation will not resolve with a shelter bed alone. Getting someone into treatment before a crisis leads to an arrest is better for that person, for first responders and for the community.
Job connections and short-term help
Transportation, short-term financial assistance and employment support for people who need a bridge back to self-sufficiency rather than long-term services.
Housing and intensive support
Housing and ongoing support for people with the greatest needs—part of a broader effort that has helped 93% of people housed stay housed.
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Taxpayers are not writing
a blank check.
Dallas County keeps governance and oversight.
Funding is tied to clear performance expectations, independent audits and public reporting, so residents can see whether the investment is working.
The standard is what changes on the ground.
Are fewer people living outside? Are encampments being resolved? Are more people reaching stability and staying there? Those are the outcomes this should be judged against.
HOW TO VOTE
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REGISTER BY
MON. OCT. 5
Last day to register to vote in this election.
EARLY VOTING
OCT. 19-30
Monday through Friday, at any Dallas County early voting site.
BALLOT BY MAIL
FRI. OCT. 23
Last day for the county to receive your application for a mail ballot.
ELECTION DAY
TUE. NOV. 3
Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Vote at any county vote center.
Check your registration and find a polling place at dallascountyvotes.org.