The San Antonio Housing Authority's new name aims to signal a new era and distance it from discriminatory housing policies.
President and CEO Ed Hinojosa Jr. leads San Antonio's public housing agency, which is changing its name to Opportunity Home San Antonio.The 85-year-old San Antonio Housing Authority has changed its name to Opportunity Home San Antonio, officials announced Wednesday.hired as the agency’s president and CEO
“We came to the realization last fall that we wanted to break with the old name and really signify a new beginning,” Hinojosa told the San Antonio Report. “Let’s not maintain the status quo” in affordable housing. The new name is an attempt to distance the agency from association with discriminatory policies, he said.
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