HOMELESS

Rising temperatures are making outside conditions dangerous in San Antonio, and people experiencing homelessness are at a high risk of suffering from heat exhaustion. Despite the heat, nonprofits say they are not seeing an uptick in people seeking help.

More people experiencing homelessness in San Antonio are going into shelters, according to a recent report from the South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless (SARAH).

As the city continues to see an increase in the number of homeless people battling addiction and mental illness, nonprofits like CAM are feeling the pressure and costs are adding up.

A new report from the annual homeless Point-in-Time count conducted by the South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless shows that chronic homelessness in San Antonio was up 77% this year when compared to 2020.

For many of us, plastic bags are a way to get our groceries, and anything else we buy, home from the store.

Friends of Todd Quaglin say he helped make heavy metal shows in San Antonio memorable, but fell on hard times that left him on the streets.

San Antonio nonprofit organizations and city outreach worked together to get homeless people off the streets and into warm and dry places to stay. The freezing and wet conditions could be deadly to those stuck with nowhere to go.

As freezing temperatures move through San Antonio, those experiencing homelessness are at great risk. Local nonprofit organizations are opening shelters to give them warm and safe places to stay.

District 8 Councilman Manny Peláez will hold the town hall on his Facebook page from 6-7 p.m.

On any given night, approximately 41,000 young adults will be homeless

Christian Assistance Ministry is working to help Neville get back to Zimbabwe to be with his family.

In this episode of KSAT Explains, we took a closer look at the debate over encampments by talking to people experiencing homelessness and those fighting every day to help them change that.

Thrive offers assistance with education, employment, mental health, life skills, medical care, legal care, and aftercare

A couple experiencing homelessness is hoping their good deed inspires people to help others in any circumstance. This comes after they spent 12 hours watching over three young children who San Antonio police say were abandoned by their mother.

A downtown San Antonio hotel-turned-homeless-shelter has already started filling vacancies, though it’s not fully open yet.

Victor Mesquiti with Alamo Collision Center LLC says he noticed a crowd of homeless people begin to gather across the street from his business under Loop 410 and Jackson Keller Road about three years ago.

Even as the snow fell and the temperatures dropped even lower, Valerie Salas was among a small army of outreach workers still out there trying to convince the homeless in San Antonio to seek shelter.

San Antonio District 1 Councilman Roberto Treviño spent Thursday night at his field office, prepared to stop an abatement that would displace homeless people who have camped on the property.

San Antonio leaders are weighing options to help alleviate the city’s homeless problem, including the purchase of transitional housing space.

A homeless camp in downtown San Antonio was cleared out and cleaned by city crews Wednesday following a string of violent crimes and health hazards, police said.

Every January, volunteers with homeless organizations across the nation take part in a Point-in-Time (PIT) count to understand how many homeless people are in shelters and encampments in communities.