Bexar County helps fund San Antonio housing project for homeless, former foster kids

Bexar County Commissioners Court on Tuesday approved additional funding for a new housing project that would assist chronically homeless people and youth who are aging out of the foster system, KSAT reports. SAMMinistries' Commons at Acequia Trails received an additional $3.9 million after the court, in a 3-0 vote, allocated funding from the American Rescue Plan Act to the 200-unit project, according to the TV station. The permanent supportive housing facility, located at South Presa Street and Old Corpus Christi Road on the South Side, will be on seven acres and cost $43 million to build, the Express-News reports.