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The Austin Chamber of Commerce’s coalition ATX Helps raised just $50,000 in its first month and remains far from the $2 million goal it set to raise by the end of the year. And at the current pace, it would take them more than two decades to raise their ultimate goal of $14 million to build a new temporary, emergency homeless shelter... Austin currently only has 812 shelter beds, and on any given night when these beds are full, there are still 1,100 people living outdoors without a roof, bathroom, showers or laundry facilities.” Austin has been riddled with increasing...