Food and water donations needed for SAHA residents in San Antonio
Beverly Grady, 68, waits on her electric scooter for a VIA bus to transport Fair Avenue Apartments residents to a hotel downtown late Tuesday night after living without water and electricity since Sunday at the high-rise apartment complex. The only electricity was for the elevator, entrance and some hallways.
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Timothy Arnold, 60, a disabled veteran, waits with other residents at Fair Avenue Apartments for VIA buses to arrive to transport residents to a downtown hotel. An emergency generator provided electricity for the elevator, lobby and some hallways.
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Fair Avenue Apartments residents board VIA buses.
Lisa Krantz /Staff photographer
Some of San Antonio’s most vulnerable residents are in need of basic necessities after losing power and water and seeing the limited food they did have expire, according to the San Antonio Housing Authority.
All 99 of SAHA’s properties have been without water or electricity to some degree. Some residents were given the option to relocate to a hotel but many decided to shelter in place, according to Andres Picon of the San Antonio Express News.
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The low income housing arm of the city is accepting donations of water, non-perishable food items and adult diapers for their elderly and disabled residents.
Items are being accepted from noon to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the San Antonio Housing Authority office at 820 S. Flores St.
