MCKINNEY, Texas — In McKinney, a ministry built around storage containers has long served as both mission and refuge for the city’s homeless — a place where people can meet, store their belongings, and find community.

“I love loving people,” said Paul Ballesteros with Emmanuel Labor , who helps those in need every day. But this week, Ballesteros had to share difficult news: new city ordinances will change where his friends can sleep and gather.

“We kinda need more like a scalpel than a hammer,” Ballesteros said. “I don't know how to deal with this one [person], so let's take it out on anyone,” is how he feels this ordinance is applied.

Mayor Bill Cox of the City of McKinney told WFAA that a number of business owners and residents reached out to the city and said that they felt unsa

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