In September 2021, San Antonio officials pledged to place more than 1,500 people in permanent supportive housing and add hundreds more new affordable units to the construction pipeline before the end of 2022. This week, local and federal officials said that the city had surpassed that goal, finding housing for 1,600 residents and counting who were without homes.
That commitment was part of “House America,” an effort by the Biden administration to partner with local governments to put roofs over people sleeping on the streets and, in some places, end homelessness altogether. Housing Secretary Marcia L. Fudge, San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg and officials from local organizations assembled at City Hall on Monday to announce that San Antonio is the first community to meet and exceed its target.
