In continuing coverage of a Dallas-based hotelier and Republican megadonor’s efforts to influence local politics, the Texas Observer began digging into his latest venture, a nonprofit organization to address homelessness in Dallas. With support from the Fund, Steven Monacelli traced how the organization positioned itself as a statewide expert and advocate on homelessness, while pushing an agenda to move shelters outside of cities and create a system so that homeless people, he said, can be “shipped off” to other places. Immediately after the investigation was published, a local leader on housing issues resigned from the board of the nonprofit.
Grantee tracks influence campaign’s efforts to marginalize homeless people
