Homelessness jumped 7.5% in Bexar County over the previous 12 months, based on newly collected knowledge.
Much more worrying, this 12 months’s enhance follows a 6.9% rise over the earlier 12 months, which means homelessness in San Antonio is up 14.4% over the previous two years.
The overall homeless inhabitants counted in Bexar County on a single evening in January 2025, together with each the sheltered and unsheltered inhabitants, was 3,372 — a rise of 217 over the earlier 12 months.
The information was recorded by the Level-in-Time Depend, a one-night census undertaken each January by Near Residence and a coalition of homeless service organizations with the assistance of scores of volunteers.
In response to the rising numbers, Interim District 2 Councilman Leo Castillo-Anguiano this week filed a proper request that Metropolis Council search for methods to scale back boundaries confronted by individuals experiencing homeless as they attempt to find-long time period housing and jobs.
The submitting additionally asks council to research long-term outcomes as it really works to handle its rising homelessness downside.
4 different council members signed on to the doc, referred to as a council consideration request, or CCR. Meaning Castillo-Anguiano’s proposals can start shifting towards an eventual vote by all the physique.
“As somebody who’s deeply dedicated to supporting our houseless neighbors, I imagine San Antonio’s response have to be rooted in dignity, prevention and partnership,” Castillo-Anguiano stated in a press release.
Castillo-Anguiano is filling the District 2 seat for Jalen McKee-Rodriguez whereas the latter is on paternity depart. Council unanimously voted Castillo-Anguiano into the place in July.
Castillo-Anguiano’s background is related to his CCR as a result of he got here to his present place whereas serving at Thrive Youth Middle, a shelter for homeless LGBTQ+ youth that shares a portion of the Haven for Hope advanced.
Castillo-Anguiano, the primary trans man to serve on San Antonio Metropolis Council, is scheduled to return to his function as Thrive’s social media and advertising and marketing supervisor on Oct. 1, when McKee-Rodriguez will get again from paternity depart.
Anguiano-Castillo instructed the Present that McKee-Rodriguez will carry the CCR by means of the method as soon as he returns so the town can broaden sources for the homeless neighborhood.
“He’s very captivated with this concern simply as I’m,” Castillo-Anguiano instructed the Present through Messenger. “I’m certain the remainder of the council can even comply with.”
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