The number of homeless families at San Antonio shelters rose while those living outdoors declined, according to an annual count across Bexar County.
Trevor Baker speaks with Jay, a homeless man whom Baker has been working to get into permanent housing. On this day, Baker was more concerned with the immediate future as a cold front was moving through San Antonio. Baker was unable to get Jay to accept his offer to go to an emergency shelter.
which leads the tally. The number of unsheltered people declined by 15.6 percent while the number of sheltered people increased by 16.4 percent.Residents move into S.A.’s first permanent housing community with services for homeless older adults Increasing the challenges, San Antonio’s housing market boomed through the pandemic and home prices and rents soared. Now, high inflation is further burdening families as the cost of groceries and other goods has spiked.
Half of the homeless population counted this year were Latino or Hispanic, which is in line with the area’s population. But 21 percent were Black or African-American, over-representing those populations by about three times.
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