Haven for Hope Archives - San Antonio Report

Many tents are set up as shelter under the I-37 underpass near Brooklyn Avenue. Photos taken on February 13, 2021.

Will San Antonio follow NYC’s strategy to hospitalize more homeless people struggling with mental illness?

by Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje December 27, 2022December 27, 2022

Opinion: New York Mayor Eric Adams is making it easier to forcibly hospitalize people suffering from mental illness. Will San Antonio follow?

Sarah Smith enjoys dinner with her daughter, Joleah, 3, at the Haven for Hope campus annual Ho Ho Hope for the Holidays celebration in December 2020.

How Haven for Hope helped me get to know my city

by Kim Jefferies November 24, 2022November 23, 2022

Haven for Hope board Chairman Bill Greehey says incoming President and CEO Kenny Wilson wasn't even looking for a new position. Photo by Iris Dimmick.

Business & Development

Haven for Hope founder Bill Greehey steps down as board chairman

by Shari Biediger November 8, 2022November 8, 2022

Many tents are set up as shelter under the I-37 underpass near Brooklyn Avenue. Photos taken on February 13, 2021.

San Antonio’s downtown homeless situation grows worse

by Robert Rivard July 28, 2022July 28, 2022

Matthew Gilbert, right, an attorney representing the YWCA, looks at a map of homes he and employees of the YWCA intend to visit to speak to residents and share details about the nonprofit’s plan to support impoverished women with housing located in a neighborhood lot.

Business & Development

The YWCA seeks rezoning to help community. Residents say it could hurt the neighborhood.

by Shari Biediger February 13, 2022February 14, 2022

San Antonio Food Bank volunteers distribute food to families in need following the cold weather crisis on a Friday afternoon in February.

Hoping for a better year, despite the challenges

by Robert Rivard December 30, 2021December 30, 2021

David Feherty, a TV golf commentator, listens about the mission of the I Care vision center on the campus of Haven for Hope on Wednesday.

Feherty delivers serious laugh therapy for I Care San Antonio

by Robert Rivard November 19, 2021November 19, 2021

Mark Carmona has been named chief housing officer by City Manager Erik Walsh.

City appoints official to oversee affordable housing, homelessness plans

by Iris Dimmick September 28, 2021September 28, 2021