HOMELESS

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.

In the face of the freezing temperatures this week, outreach leaders are focused on making sure San Antonio's homeless population is able to stay warm.

A Dallas father is celebrating the start of the new year with peace of mind knowing his adult son, who he has been trying to find for three years, is alive and in good care.

As temperatures continue to drop, conditions for people experiencing homelessness are getting more dangerous.

SAMMinistries, which provides services to families experiencing homelessness, received a new grant to help eliminate financial hurdles caused by small legal expenses.

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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.

House Bill 1925 will ban homeless encampments across the state and require cities to get permission to allow them within city boundaries. However, city leaders and nonprofits say the bill will face some challenges from an enforcement standpoint.

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Thanks to additional funding through the CARES Act, the organization was able to pull veterans from shelters and place them in housing.

A new report released Monday is showing the current overview of homelessness in San Antonio and Bexar County.

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.

San Marcos police have arrested a 51-year-old man accused of stabbing another man in the chest near a homeless camp on Christmas Eve.

Several organizations across Bexar County are teaming up in hopes of ending youth homelessness.

City staff presented a new five-year strategic plan on Wednesday to deal with homelessness in San Antonio and Bexar County.

It’s still not clear yet how the pandemic is affecting the city’s homeless population, but the organization charged with taking care of downtown says their presence downtown has stayed relatively steady, though more visible.