A local couple who spent more than a year trying to help feed the homeless has been ordered to stop because they didn't have a permit.
The city says it's not trying to be the bad guy, and they understand the good the couple is trying to do, but it says it's just trying to protect the homeless -- the same people the couple has been trying to help.
Houston has close to 10,000 homeless people. One in five lives on the streets.
Many of them are hungry, and that is why Amanda and Bobby Herring and their friends spent every night for 15 months offering free meals.
"We were told that we had to have health permits to continue serving," Amanda Herring said.
The city told them they needed permits and that the food had to be cooked in a certified kitchen.
"We just have one set of rules for public feeding and whether you have money or you don't have money, you need to comply with the same set of rules," said Kathy Barton with the City of Houston Health Department.
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