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Why Towne Twin Village
Is Needed

Homelessness is a major challenge for almost every major city in the United States. COVID-19 has only exacerbated the crisis.

In 2019, COSA hired Patrick Wigmore (HomeBaseCCC) to study homelessness. He recommended that the city sponsor several single-site PSH developments such as the one being developed by HFCC.

Ongoing 2020 SARAH/COSA meetings confirm that the chief impediment to housing is lack of affordable units and a landlord “bottleneck”. HFCC will provide 200 new units and also be the compassionate landlord that WILL take the “risk” and lease up those with multiple challenges.

What Our
Neighbors Need

More Options Within Our City

Of the Top 10 largest US cities, San Antonio (7th largest) is the ONLY one without "single-site" permanent support housing (as opposed to "scattered site").

Fewer Barriers

Seniors and people with disabilities face additional barriers to safe affordable housing.

Following the Data

A growing body of research over the past 30 years has shown that the combined Housing First (HF) and Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) model is highly successful as well as highly cost efficient.

who we serve

With over 2,900 single individuals who are experiencing chronic homelessness on the streets of San Antonio, we will serve members of our community who are most vulnerable due to:

Source: SARAH Point-In-Time Report

  Age (over 50 years)

  Time Spent Unhoused

  Disabilities

  • Chronic medical illnesses and mental health challenges
  • Orthopedic and mobility disabilities
  • High users of expensive public services (ER, EMS, in-patient medical or psychiatric care, justice system, etc.)
  •   Additional Risk Factors

How Are We Doing It?

Towne Twin Village is committed to ending chronic homelessness for 200 seniors in San Antonio.

We are creating a safe, secure, beautiful, and welcoming campus featuring 200+ affordable Permanent Supportive Housing units move together in a caring community environment where residents can thrive.

Community buildings will provide a wide variety of clinical, professional, hospitality, recreational, and faith-based services for residents, neighbors, and guests who are not yet housed.

Volunteers living on site in solidarity will provide companionship and around-the-clock support to residents. "Peer" volunteers bring especially valuable support due to their lived-experience of homelessness.

We do it by providing homes
to the most vulnerable:

  • Permanent homes for approximately 200 people
  • Towne Twin Village will be a combination of apartments, tiny homes, and RV trailers
  • Each unit will be approximately 400-500 square feet that include a kitchenette, an ADA bathroom, a living area, sleeping area, and front porch or balcony.
  • Rent will be capped at no more than 40% of a resident’s income. For many, rent will be ~$300 based on their SSI benefits of about $800/month.

We do it by providing our residents with intensive support services:

  • Counseling
  • Case management
  • Medical, dental and mental health clinics
  • Meals and food pantry groceries
  • Barber and nail grooming
  • Community garden, dog park, recreation space
  • Connection to a wide variety of services

We do it by building community
and collaboration:

Towne Twin Village emphasizes a holistic approach to community-building, in an effort to restore dignity and build a therapeutic environment that will promote natural support systems through socialization and development of friendships with other residents, peer volunteers, PALs, and neighbors.

A variety of spaces will allow for additional services (all free of charge): a chapel for faith-based services and other types of community activities; amphitheater event center; rooms for classes, arts, crafts, and music activities; a community kitchen; gazebos with grills and picnic areas; and more!

Towne Twin Village is being developed in 3 Phases.

Development began in May 2021 and is anticipated to finish by the end of 2024.

Developing in phases allows residents to move in gradually, rather than wait for full completion. The first residents moved in April 2023!

View the timeline and progress here!

Contact Us

Send us a message and we’ll get right back to you!

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Ezra A. Johnson

Board Member

Bio coming soon!

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Linda Mascorro

Board Member

Linda has a 2-year history of intermittent homelessness and has been a member of the CWH community since 2019. She is currently housed and has a job while, at the same time, works unofficially, but nevertheless, diligently as a peer counselor and navigator to try to help others transition off the streets. Her lived experience of homelessness brings a crucial perspective to the Board.
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Beverly Watts Davis, MA

Board Member

Beverly is the Chief Officer for Resource Development and Program Support for WestCare Foundation and the Senior Vice President for Texas Operations. The WestCare Foundation operates in 19 States and 3 U.S. Territories to improve behavioral health, empower community residents, and reduce trauma and substance-abuse related community harm.

Beverly has over 30 years of experience in leading and managing public agencies, non-profit organizations, and private companies. She has served in multiple leadership capacities including SAMHSA, Senior Vice President of the United Way of SA, State Director for the Corporation for National and Community Service, and an elected official in Travis County (11 years), and the Board of Directors of the Ella Austin Community Center, National Association of Drug Court Professionals, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), the National Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Higher Education, the Texas Mental Health Association and Texas Task Force for State and Local Drug. The last agency funded the first 12,000 treatment beds in Texas prisons.

She is also honored as the best government grant writer in all of Bexar County.

beverly.watts@westcare.com

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Aaron Green

Board Member

Aaron has a 20+ year history of recurring homelessness. In most instances, he has volunteered in the various shelters in which he has lived and risen to leadership positions.

While living at the Salvation Army he was the van driver that picked up prisoners and transported them to shelters. He was a resident volunteer, chief cook, and driver for CWH for 6 years. His lived experience of homelessness brings a crucial perspective to the Board.

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Alice Salinas, MA

Board Member

Alice has a long history of promoting, developing, and managing affordable housing communities. She is an expert in PSH and has developed hundreds of units for chronically homeless individuals and homeless veterans.

She is also extremely knowledgeable in public financing and funding for affordable housing. She was the lead loan underwriter for LISC initiatives in San Antonio and the finance consultant for the Mayor’s Housing Task Force. She has been the lead consultant for HFCC housing endeavors since 2016.

In 2020, she took the position as the Executive Director of Coachella Valley Housing Coalition in California and joined the HFCC Board.

alice@cvhc.org

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Steve Markey

Board Member

Steve is an accountant with years of experience in trust, individual, and corporate tax preparation, as well as business and estate planning. He also has years of experience as a financial planner with Lincoln until he started WhiteStone Wealth Management, an independent financial planning firm.

Steve provided leadership for Central Catholic High fundraising endeavors and served on Boards in the community, including the San Antonio Area Foundation.

sjmarkey@yahoo.com

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John Markey, MA, M.Div., PhD

Board Member

Father Markey is a Dominican priest and a Professor and Director of the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Spirituality at Oblate School of Theology.

He has a long history of fundraising leadership and has served as chair of multiple Capitol and Annual Fundraising campaigns for Oblate, the Peace Education Foundation, and the Southern Dominican Providence and has responsible for raising over $25 million. He has been an active volunteer at CWH and responsible for many new donors.

jmarkey@ost.edu

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Robert Guevara

Board Member

Robert has a long and accomplished history in both in accounting and financial management, as well as mental health and intellectual disabilities. He worked as a senior engagement auditor and risk assessor for over 25 community MHMR Centers in the Texas System. He been on the staff with the Center of Health Care Services, for the last 20 years.

In 2013, he became the Vice President of Finance and provided strategic and tactical planning, especially relating to financing related to $100 million in the Medicaid 1115 Waiver projects.

In 2016, he served as the interim Chief Operating Officer and now serves as the Chief Financial Officer. In this role, he provides leadership and strategic direction. He was the key contributor and negotiator in assisting the Center acquire public conduit debt for the construction of a 90,000 sq ft ($30M) Inner City Clinic.

rguevara@chcsbc.org

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Paul Vance

Secretary-Treasurer

Paul was a professional of 30 years of business management in the family business, Bill Miller’s Barbeque Enterprises. Later he became the co-director of the family real estate enterprise. 17 years later he decided to pursue a master’s degree, and later a Doctorate at Oblate School or Theology. He serves on the Oblate Board and on its Capital Campaign Steering Committee.

He started volunteering at CWH in 2009 and served as the CWH Board President for 3 years. He also founded and directed the Catholic Day Worker ministry (meals to those waiting in day labor lines) and the Tobit Ministry, a garden designated for the burial of individuals who die while being homeless and have no family. He was appointed to the COVID Food Security Stakeholder Advisory Group.

vancepaul@rocketmail.com

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Chris Plauche, M.Ed, MA, MD

Vice President

Chris has a 40-year history of leadership as Executive Director for several non-profits and a clinic associated with UTHSC. Usually, as the founder of five 501c3s, she has served as the volunteer ED until the agency grows and hires an ED. She also has designed and managed the construction of 6 buildings (> 10,000 sq ft) and 20+ smaller buildings and designed and worked with Marmon and Mok on a 20,000 sq ft clinic, day care, pre-school therapy suite, sick day hospital, office building. In 2005, she transitioned from pediatrics and children with autism/disabilities to non-profits serving adults who were homeless and voluntarily lived in the CWH transitional shelter for 3 years. She is the ED of CWH and the visionary of the TTV housing community. She hopes to live onsite at TTV in solidarity as a PAL.

chris.plauche@gmail.com

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Mark Wittig

President

Mark has 40+ years as CEO of a for profit office furniture store that goes far beyond retail. He unceasingly tries to link up good deals with non-profits in need. He has been a volunteer and on the Board of CWH (as President or Vice President) for most of its 35-year history.

He also been very active in the community at large, serving on many Boards (e.g., Carver Center, SAGE, etc.), and initiated a book club that targets topics appropriate for those in leadership executive positions in nonprofit and for-profit organizations.

mark.wittig@wittigs.com