While the homelessness rate compared to San Antonio's growing population remains flat, there was a 77% increase in the chronically homeless population.
“Every corner of this community is united around the issue of ensuring that everyone in the city is able to live in dignity is able to have a safe, affordable home,” Mayor Ron Nirenberg said Thursday at the event.
Of the unsheltered population, 7% identified as LGBTQ. Of those, roughly a quarter reported that their sexual orientation played a role in their experience of homelessness. Just over half a percent of everyone counted identified as transgender or non-binary.SARAH also added a “needs assessment” element to the survey, asking unsheltered individuals what they need the most. After housing, identity recovery and health care were the top reported needs.
“We’ve increased our HUD funding by over $5 million in the last six years,” Vela said. “It used to be … that once a year, we would just meet with the city and county go over their report. Now we meet with them every two weeks, so they’re constantly in the loop on what we’re seeing.” SARAH and its partners have been working with the City of San Antonio on a public homelessness dashboard that will be updated quarterly. The dashboard will show progress on the, such as how many people are unsheltered, moved into housing, or returning to homelessness, Vela said.
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