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An announcement from Folo

by Patton Dodd | Feb 12, 2018 | Announcements, Folo

We are taking a break to clarify our mission.

All stressed out and nowhere to go

by Darcy Sprague | Feb 9, 2018 | Folo, Gentrification

Cruz R. Soto lives in a deteriorating, bug-infested efficiency apartment at Soapworks. But she fears soon she won’t even have that.

San Antonio is on pace to fill its affordable housing gap … by 2294

by Ben Olivo | Feb 7, 2018 | Affordable Housing, Folo, Housing, Inequality

A deep dive into the challenges of building housing that people can afford in San Antonio, and the federal program and local policy that have caused so much rancor.

Caught between a car and a slow pace

by Lucas Munson | Feb 7, 2018 | Folo, Transportation

In San Antonio, often those who can’t afford a car can’t afford not to have one.

Lending a hand where it’s needed most: Why one couple left Stone Oak for the East Side

by Darcy Sprague | Feb 7, 2018 | Churches, East Side, Folo, Inequality, Poverty, Stories | 0 Comments

Through their nonprofit SA Heals, Charles and Jennifer Foltz are trying to change lives in their drastically different, and distressed, neighborhood on the East Side.

SAISD takes another step deeper into charter school waters

by Bekah McNeel | Jan 20, 2018 | Children, Education, Folo, Stories | 0 Comments

Monday night at its regular meeting, the SAISD board is expected to approve a charter takeover of its lowest performing elementary school.

Federal judge says Texas still needs oversight to fix its ‘broken’ foster care system

by The Texas Tribune | Jan 19, 2018 | Children, Folo, Inequality, Policy, Social Work, Stories, Texas | 0 Comments

In a 116-page order, U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack said Texas has dragged its heels on foster care reform and said the state continues to need oversight as it tries to fix its system.