Although heavy rain is expected Saturday, the 7th annual San Antonio Book Festival is on schedule for the Central Library and the Southwest School of Art.
San Antonio’s new $1 million displacement policy already in high demand
So far, 60 San Antonio households who have contacted the city for rental assistance are eligible to tap into the city’s new $1 million risk mitigation fund.
COPS/Metro to City Council on displacement: ‘We don’t want a study, we want action’
Nearly 200 members of COPS/Metro Alliance packed City Council chambers Wednesday night during the weekly citizens to be heard session with a simple message about displacement.
As COPS/Metro applies pressure, City Council will vote on displacement policies
Since December, community organizing group COPS/Metro Alliance has been pressuring the city regarding its housing policies and their effects on vulnerable communities, and officials appear to be listening.
Prominent Texas politicians break ground on new federal courthouse
High-profile Texas politicians, state officials and local leaders broke ground Monday on the new $144.5 million federal courthouse, which is slated to be built at 214 W. Nueva St.
Housing Commission tweaks displacement policy as it heads to council vote next week
Before the risk mitigation policy heads toward a City Council vote on Thursday, the newly-revamped Housing Commission added its own revisions to it this week.
Is San Antonio doing enough to address displacement?
Housing advocates have described the city’s “risk mitigation policy,” which aids displaced households, as a Band-Aid on the larger issue of gentrification. City officials say the policy is one piece of a big-picture strategy.
Bond project to combine Lockwood, Dignowity parks into one
By late next year, Lockwood and Dignowity parks—two neighboring, near-East Side green spaces separated by Burnett Street—will become one park in a $4.1 million project.
Displacement policy headed for City Council vote next month
Since September, the city’s Neighborhood Housing and Services department has been developing the policy, which is intended to assist households facing—or vulnerable to—displacement.
Signage issue impacting one-of-a-kind River Walk business
A new River Walk business is serving a different kind of cocktail—one through intravenous injection. That’s if you can find it.