In 2022, more than one-third of San Antonians were over-burdened by housing costs — nearly one in four of those who own their home, and more than half of renters. The Census Bureau did not release its standard 2020 ACS 1-year estimates because of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on data collection.
In 2021, the City Council passed the Strategic Housing Implementation Plan (SHIP), a ten-year plan to develop a Coordinated Housing System; increase City investment in housing; increase affordable housing production, rehabilitation, and preservation; protect and promote neighborhoods; and ensure accountability to the public. As of December 2022, single family homes in the San Antonio area saw a 22% increase in median home price over December 2020, from $262,400 to $319,878, according to the San Antonio Board of Realtors (SABOR). The National Low Income Housing Coalition's 2022 Out of Reach Report shows that a person in Texas must make $22.54/hr to afford a 2- bedroom rental home. The San Antonio/New Braunfels area requires $22.40/hour to afford a two-bedroom rental home. In the May 2022 bond election, San Antonians approved 6 propositions: streets, parks, drainage, affordable housing, public safety facilities, and library and cultural facilities. The affordable housing proposition allocates $150 million for the preservation and production of affordable and supportive permanent housing. SA2020's City Council Profiles show housing cost burden by Council District.
Decrease total occupied housing units with costs more than 30% of income to 10% (10% by 2030)
Year | Value | Margin of Error |
---|---|---|
2010 | 35% | ±1.3% |
2011 | 37% | ±1.2% |
2012 | 35% | ±1.2% |
2013 | 35% | ±1.2% |
2014 | 36% | ±1.3% |
2015 | 34% | ±1.2% |
2016 | 34% | ±1.1% |
2017 | 35% | ±1.3% |
2018 | 34% | ±1.3% |
2019 | 35% | ±1.3% |
2020 | -- | |
2021 | 37% | ±1.35% |
2022 | 40% | ±1.38% |
Occupied Housing Units
US Census Bureau American Community Survey 1-Yr Estimate, Table DP04
San Antonio
Affordable housing is defined by US Census as "housing that does not cost more than 30% of a household's income." For homeowners, costs can include: mortgage, second mortgage and/or home equity loans, real estate taxes, homeowner's insurance, association fees, and utilities. For renters, costs can include: rent and utilities.
After 12 years of driving progress toward a shared community vision, SA2020, the nonprofit organization, is dissolving. We believe this is the most visionary thing we can do. We made this decision with the greatest care for our organizational values of leadership, community, and accountability, and we hope you’ll read more about it on our blog.
Our website is live with our final data release, showing where San Antonio stands on reaching the shared community vision. The data release is accompanied by our final call to action—a policy agenda for City government based on our unique bird’s-eye view of San Antonio.
While SA2020’s operations ended March 28, these resources, along with the last twelve years of our research and stories, will be available to download from our website through September 2024.
– Team SA2020