San Antonio construction students build a home and give it to an Army veteran
Students in Northside ISD's Construction Careers Academy in San Antonio built a home during the school year and gave it to U.S. Army veteran Kara Turner and her son on May 9. The gift was the first under the school's new Home for a Hero initiative.
Every year, students in Northside ISD's Construction Careers Academy in San Antonio show and sell the projects they have built at a Tiny Homes Showcase at Warren High School. This year one of those homes was not for sale.
At the showcase on May 9, U.S. Army veteran Kara Turner and her son were presented with a home designed and built by the academy's students. It was the first gift under the school's new Home for a Hero initiative, organised with the San Antonio Veteran Outreach Program and local businesses to help veterans facing problems such as unstable housing.
The home measures 970 square feet. It has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a sleeping loft, a full kitchen, a living room and two porches, along with air conditioning, a refrigerator, a washer, a dryer and a tankless water heater.
The students built it as part of their training. The academy, based at Warren High School, teaches architecture and design, construction management, applied engineering, carpentry, electrical and HVAC work, and plumbing, pipe fitting and welding.
"I am so touched and overwhelmed that students built this and now it will be my home," Turner said. "I had no idea that programs like this and resources like this were available."
The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans estimated in 2024 that more than 32,000 veterans experience homelessness across the United States.
Teenagers learning a trade used their skills to give a veteran and her child a home of their own.
Source: NISD students build, gift tiny home to local veteran (Focus On San Antonio).
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