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San Antonio officials focus on homeless, health care and other issues in legislative session FacebookTwitterEmail An ID is a simple yet crucial piece of paperwork. Especially for the homeless, identification is needed to unlock many services and benefits that can help them get off the streets. But to get an ID, you need an ID — a document such as a birth certificate to prove you are who you say you are. And that can cost money that people who are homeless don’t have. “It is these sorts of simple things that can be tremendous obstacles in people’s recovery in getting back on their feet...

City looks to stretch rent assistance program into March $64.8 million already approved, state and possibly federal money to be added Tags:  SAN ANTONIO – The City of San Antonio is on track to spend all of its $270 million in coronavirus relief funds by a Dec. 30 deadline. One of the most high-profile uses of that money, and other funding sources, is the city’s Emergency Housing Assistance Program (EHAP), which helps struggling residents pay their rent, mortgage and other bills. As of Wednesday, $64.8 million had been approved through the program, and city staff members have plans to ke...

Nearly half of San Antonio's COVID deaths were residents on South and West sides FacebookTwitterEmail Personnel test a person at a COVID-19 drive through testing site at a CentroMed Clinic on Palo Alto Road, Monday, Nov. 16, 2020.Jerry Lara, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Nearly half of all San Antonio residents who have died of COVID-19 lived on the city’s West and South Sides, parts of town that are overwhelmingly Hispanic, data released Thursday shows. Since the pandemic began in March, the virus has had a disproportionate impact on the city’s poorest neighborhoods where many generat...