San Antonio and Bexar County’s homeless response system, which includes dozens of coordinated nonprofits, private and public service providers, has kept the rate of homelessness relatively flat for the past several years.

But the demand for emergency shelter is outpacing capacity, and this system is under immense strain.

Factors such as behavioral health, underemployment, substance use, and the rising cost of housing/living leave many individuals and families on the brink of homelessness. Haven for Hope, a nationally recognized transformational shelter and services campus, has been overflowing with families and individuals sleeping on mats on floors (in spaces not designed for sleeping) for years. And unsheltered homelessness is on the rise, according to this year’s Bexar County point-in

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