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HOUSTON — With freezing temperatures expected across much of the state Thursday and Friday, Texas cities are turning their attention to their unhoused communities — the people most at risk

Texas shelters prepare for twin emergencies: arctic cold and an increase in migrants

Cities and nonprofits are using a variety of strategies to keep unhoused people warm. But some organizations warn they’re already at capacity as El Paso sends migrants across the state.

We enthusiastically support any effort that generates and preserves affordable housing and efforts to help people transition out of homelessness.

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San Antonio City Council District 1 candidates pivot to ways of tackling homelessness ahead of June 5 runoff election Candidates in San Antonio City Council District 1 are focusing on on tackling area homelessness Tags:  , San Antonio – Candidates for San Antonio City Council District 1 are heading into a runoff election and are now focusing their platforms on tackling homelessness in the area. Incumbent Roberto Trevino is currently leading different homeless outreach programs, but candi...

Best of the City 2021: Personalities Published: February 22, 2021 Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff Nearly every weekday evening since March 2020, Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Judge Nelson Wolff have appeared before the media and community (via social media and public access TV) to provide COVID-19 updates. Along with reporting SA’s daily case numbers, deaths and hospitalizations, they’ve answered questions about regulations, reminded the community to mask up and tried to ...

For the past few days, multiple agencies have collaborated nonstop to get as many people...

We push forward - volunteers scrambling to help homeless out of the cold Feb. 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of18 Isabella Schultz warms up in the back of volunteer Valerie Salas’ car as she head to a shelter. Salas is one of the outreach workers getting people off the streets into warm shelters.Jessica Phelps /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less 2of18 Valerie Salas, director of outreach at Christian Assistance Ministries, tries to no avail to book a hotel for a client for the night to...

Imminent threat: San Antonio braces for rain, sleet, snow - and extreme cold Taylor Pettaway, Liz Hardaway, Madalyn Mendoza, Staff writers Feb. 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Michelle Manuel, 53, waits in the intake area of Haven for Hope on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. The center is opening up an area as an emergency shelter area during the expected extreme cold weather in the area. Manuel has been on the streets for seven months, she said.Jerry Lara /Staff photographer The San Antonio region was b...