Haven for Hope, San Antonio’s largest homeless shelter and resource hub, will start hosting open houses to inspire area landlords to open up their rental homes or apartments to people and families who have experienced homelessness.
Haven’s first “landlord open house” is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16, and more will be organized in the future. Snacks and door prizes will be provided, and attendees can expect to hear from landlords who have housed formerly sheltered residents as well as partner agencies including SAMMinistries, the housing authority Opportunity Home San Antonio, CPS Energy, San Antonio Water System and United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County.
“We’ve found that a lot of people who are coming into Haven are underemployed — they just didn’t have enough money saved up to move into their own place right away,” Huete said. While the challenge fell short of its stated goal, the community was ultimately able to house 102 families in 106 days and found significant