Posted 2/16/2024, 12:55:00 AM
Austin Resident Helps Create AI Map to Track Growing Homeless Crisis as City Struggles to Find Solutions
- Austin resident Jamie Hammonds helped develop AI map to track homeless camps as crisis skyrockets
- Map visually depicts where homeless encampments concentrated throughout Austin
- City's homeless population rose from 2,400 in January 2023 to estimate of 6,600 in October
- Millions spent but problem still growing; Hammonds says time for new policies that work
- Austin recently created Homeless Strategy Office but map creators say data still lacking