San Antonio DSA Statement on the Unjust Firing of Ed Hinojosa, Opportunity Home CEO

Ed Hinojosa was unjustly fired due to the Board’s incompetence. Last month they demanded that Ed Hinojosa carry out mass evictions across Opportunity Home San Antonio complexes, tenant organizers then pushed back. The Board is scapegoating Ed.

The Opportunity Home waitlist is over 110,000. What solutions has the board provided thus far? Ed’s tenure at Opportunity Home was a stark departure from the housing politics of Cisneros and Castro, which moved to demolish and privatize public housing nationwide.

Ed prevented the demolition of the Alazán-Apache Courts, advocated for the City’s largest housing bond and received the first ever general funding for public housing in San Antonio history. 

Ron Nirengberg is showing his true colors on his way out. He’s turning his back on the housing policies he previously championed now that he doesn’t have an election to win. City Council cannot turn a blind eye to this.

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The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is the largest socialist organization in the United States. San Antonio DSA (SADSA) is a local chapter of DSA that operates in San Antonio and the surrounding area. We build and support working-class movements for radical social change, while establishing an openly socialist and anti-capitalist presence in San Antonio through a variety of tactics, from labor organizing to mutual aid to electoralism.