Habitat for Humanity striving to meet ‘unbelievable’ need for affordable housing in San Antonio
Father Joel Quezada of St. Luke Catholic Church, right, leads a prayer for first-time homebuyer Tiffeny Taylor, center, to bless Taylor’s home in San Antonio on Friday.Seventeen families, many emotional and a few in tears, celebrated the realization of a long-sought goal of becoming first-time homebuyers, despite the effects of the pandemic.
“Thank you for making my daughter’s dream come true to own a home,” Gonzalez said to more than 100 people at a Habitat for Humanity house dedication ceremony Friday in the Rancho Carlota subdivision on the Southwest Side.In spite of a shortage of building materials that has driven up costs, along with rising land prices and a decline in volunteer labor, Habitat for Humanity met its goal of building 51 houses in Bexar County per year in 2020 and 2021.
“The community has really come together. But we need that going forward because now the need is just so much greater,” said Stephanie Wiese, vice president of. “The need for home ownership is really unbelievable.” The local chapter, created in 1976, shortly after the international Habitat program was launched to address a global shortage of affordable housing, normally has about 14,000 volunteers annually. But it saw a 75 percent drop in volunteers in 2020. The number of volunteers has rebounded, but this summer’s triple-digit temperatures have forced many to work shorter shifts.
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