Advocacy & Outreach
We support and bring together local government, nonprofits, anchor institutions, business leaders and residents in new and compelling ways.
The goal is to equitably expand economic opportunity throughout our communities, supporting our program and investment activity with policy work, research, and community engagement efforts that help identify how best raise standards of living.
Heirs Property & Tangled Title
In cases of heirs property or tangled title, a home is inherited by multiple family members. This fractionalized ownership can restrict use of the home as an asset or wealth building tool and increase risk of displacement or homelessness. LISC San Antonio is working with topic experts and local practitioners to develop the first comprehensive report on heirs property issues and create an expanded, sustainable system.
To learn more about the issues and challenges of tangled title, review this one-pager on Tangled Titles in San Antonio or watch the 2023 update webinar on Tangled Title & Heirs Property: Prevention and Remediation.
Read about some of our local partners who are currently tackling heirs property prevention and remediation work in our community.
Supportive Housing
With support from the San Antonio Area Foundation and the City of San Antonio Department of Human Services, LISC San Antonio hired a staff member in 2023 to support and expand Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) efforts in San Antonio and Bexar County. Netanya Jamieson, Santikos Capacity Builder & Program Officer for Supportive Housing, has begun her work with a listening tour with various providers and stakeholders to determine needs and opportunities within the system. You can hear her report on the listening tour and her next steps here.
Earlier, LISC San Antonio helped to develop and administer a service-enriched housing coalition in the Bexar County area to research, educate, advocate and secure funding for housing that supports vulnerable populations, including those experiencing homelessness, intellectually/developmentally disabled adults, mental health care consumers, those with physical disabilities and the criminal justice system-involved population.
LISC San Antonio is working to provide access to capital for resulting Housing First projects, including innovations such as a tiny home development for community college students at risk of homelessness.
To find out more about who benefits from service-enriched and supportive housing, check out this infographic datasheet. View the detailed population estimates and sources here.
Training & Learning
LISC San Antonio organizes keynote and panel discussions featuring a range of local and national perspectives, presented in conjunction with local philanthropic, governmental and non-profit partners. Speakers have included staff from across the LISC network as well as diverse experts in these fields.
In 2023, LISC SA's training opportunties, both in-person and virtual, included an overview of affordable housing finance, a presentation from the author of Homelessness is a Housing Problem, an overview of heirs property issues in San Antonio, and a series of trainings on effective non-profit board operation and functions for both board members and staff. Resources from many of these webinars are available for reference on our Webinar Resources page.
The goal of the Community Conversations series is to introduce innovative ideas and create opportunities for collaboration to identify and address San Antonio’s housing and other equitable development challenges. Sign up to hear about future learning opportunities.