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Rental, mortgage aid totaling $10M to become available in San Antonio in April

March 18, 2022 By Ben Olivo 76 Comments

Development has increased around San Antonio’s Government Hill neighborhood over the last few years, resulting in modern out of place seeming homes and condos next to historic family residences as seen on Dec. 30, 2021.

The city of San Antonio is preparing to revive a program that has helped thousands of San Antonians pay their rent or mortgage, utility bills and other living expenses.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, COVID-19, Evictions, Housing Tagged With: City Council, City of San Antonio, Covid-19, emergency housing assistance program, Housing Assistance Program, Neighborhood and Housing Service Department, Planning and Community Development Committee, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Veronica Garcia

Eviction filings in Bexar County have yet to spike one month after moratorium ending

September 22, 2021 By Emily Drisch 3 Comments

An eviction support table from the City of San Antonio is situated in Precinct 4 on Aug. 25, 2021.

The feared spike in eviction filings due to the end of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moratorium has yet to take shape, at least in Bexar County, local records show. Some say it’s too early to tell whether filings will skyrocket.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Evictions, Housing, Texas Tagged With: Bexar County, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, City of San Antonio, emergency housing assistance program, evictions, HUD, Ian Benavidez, Jeff Wentworth, Matt Garcia, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, NHSD, Rogelio Lopez Jr., SAMMinistries, San Antonio Apartment Association, Sara Wamsley, Supreme Court, Teri Bilby, Texas Rent Relief Program, Texas Rio Grande Legal Aide, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Veronica Soto

Texas extends rental assistance program designed to avoid evictions until March 15

December 24, 2020 By The Texas Tribune 2 Comments

The move comes after Congress passed a stimulus bill Monday extending the federal moratorium on evictions through the end of January. The moratorium order was set to expire at the end of the year.

Filed Under: Evictions, Housing Tagged With: Bexar County, CARES Act, Congress, Eviction Diversion Program, Michael Depland, Texas Department of Housing and Community Afffairs, Texas Housers, Texas Supreme Court

San Antonio’s housing aid program surpasses 20K families served

November 7, 2020 By Ben Olivo 5 Comments

Apartment stock photo San Antonio, Texas, taken Oct. 14, 2020.

San Antonio’s housing assistance program has doled out an average of $2,808 in aid per household, of which more than 85% are renters.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, COVID-19, Evictions, Housing

Texas will spend $171 million in federal coronavirus relief funds to help renters avoid evictions

September 26, 2020 By The Texas Tribune 1 Comment

An apartment complex near downtown Waco. Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday that he was dedicating $171 million in federal coronavirus relief money to helping renters avoid evictions.

The new program will provide rental assistance and legal aid for tenants who are behind on rent. Details on how Texans could apply or qualify weren’t immediately released.

Filed Under: COVID-19, Evictions, Housing

City Council adds $24M to housing relief, but lessens benefits per San Antonio household

September 18, 2020 By Ben Olivo 58 Comments

Housing file art San Antonio Texas.

In a new strategy, the city will direct housing benefits recipients to its job training program, which pays up to $450 a week while enrolled.

Filed Under: COVID-19, Evictions, Housing

San Antonio earmarks $21.9M for housing relief, but Councilman Treviño says city’s not doing enough

September 15, 2020 By Ben Olivo 61 Comments

for rent stock image san antonio texas

The city recommends pay-outs for emergency housing assistance be scaled back, while directing people toward job training.

Filed Under: COVID-19, Evictions, Housing

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says local governments can’t stop or delay evictions

August 8, 2020 By The Texas Tribune 1 Comment

Aviator at Brooks 8010 Aeromedical Rd, taken, July 25 for stock photo SA Heron.

The nonbinding opinion comes as housing experts and advocates fear that the COVID-19 recession will prompt a surge in evictions across the state.

Filed Under: Evictions

Eviction tidal wave in San Antonio feared as federal protections end today

July 24, 2020 By Carson Bolding 2 Comments

In San Antonio, 125,996 apartment units are expected to be subject to an eviction again after federal protects end on Saturday.

Filed Under: COVID-19, Evictions, Housing

For some renters, housing assistance from city taking more than a month to receive

July 2, 2020 By Ben Olivo 69 Comments

Unless the eviction moratoriums are extended, housing advocates fear a tidal wave of evictions will crash over San Antonio.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, COVID-19, Evictions, Housing

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