For some San Antonio residents, a rent increase or an unexpected expense can turn a fragile housing situation into a crisis. Close to Home\u2019s latest report says housing costs are outpacing incomes and more people are seeking help, even as the region has fewer emergency shelter beds. <\/p>\n
The number of people reaching out for housing assistance rose from 13,153 in 2022 to 13,740 in 2025. <\/p>\n
Understanding the scale of the problem requires more than counting people in shelters. <\/p>\n
Each January, Close to Home coordinates a survey of people experiencing homelessness in San Antonio and Bexar County, including those sleeping outdoors. The count helps identify needs and guide services and funding. <\/p>\n
But it captures only one night. Severe winter weather also changed the way the 2026 count was conducted, limiting direct comparisons with earlier estimates of unsheltered homelessness.<\/p>\n
Katie Wilson, CEO of Close to Home, brings nonprofits, government agencies and people with lived experience together to coordinate the response. The report also shows progress: fewer people returned to homelessness after finding housing. The challenge is helping people keep a home before a housing crisis leaves them without one.<\/p>\n
Guest:<\/p>\n
Katie Wilson is the CEO of Close to Home.<\/p>\n
“The Source” is a live call-in program airing Mondays through Thursdays from 12-1 p.m. Leave a message before the program at (210) 615-8982<\/a>. During the live show, call 833-877-8255<\/a> or email thesource@tpr.org.<\/p>\n This interview will be recorded live on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, at 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For some San Antonio residents, a rent increase or an unexpected expense can turn a fragile housing situation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437452,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-437451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}