Noting the FIFA World Cup timeline, Dallas County invests $10M to get people off streets
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January 23, 2026 – The Meadows Institute was featured in KERA News in a story highlighting the Street to Home initiative, a program led by Housing Forward that aims to provide permanent housing for Dallas residents who are experiencing homelessness. The Dallas City Council and the Dallas County Commissioners Court have each approved $10 million to fund the second phase of the initiative.
The Meadows Institute has partnered with Housing Forward to support this work, and Ron Stretcher, vice president of systems integration, was quoted in the article discussing the plan to move 1,100 people into housing ahead of the FIFA World Cup in June.
Read the full article here: https://www.keranews.org/news/2026-01-23/dallas-county-homeless-fifa-world-cup-invests-10-million-housing-forward-street-to-home-project