Why this San Antonio food bank is building affordable housing right next door
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The food bank is beginning construction on a 51-unit apartment complex that will target people who need temporary help as they work on education or job training.
Some 30 minutes outside San Antonio, the town of New Braunfels is one of the fastest-growing communities in the fast-growing state of Texas. The population surged 56% from 2010 to 2020. It’s gotten harder to find housing, and homelessness is growing. The situation helped inspire the local food bank to take on a new type of work: building an affordable apartment building.