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Tan Parker: “I think the vast majority of people that live in this space…”

Featuring: Tan Parker, Republican | Texas State Senate, District 12

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Discussion on Homelessness Reforms with Senator Tan Parker and Jose Melendez

Published | Video Starts at 05:22

Can you tell me about what reaction, what feedback you received from them in terms of addressing this homelessness problem? Absolutely. Look, I think when I did my first roundtable, we had probably 75 or 80 participants. I think the vast majority of people that live in this space every day were skeptical that anything productive would come from it. to be very candid. But I think we exceeded expectations. I think they really enjoyed it. I think they saw that was a place where I wanted to listen to all feedback, to find common ground. (05:22–05:28)

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Asserts that stakeholders were initially skeptical about the productivity of the homelessness initiative.

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