Late Wednesday, the San Antonio Housing Authority board of commissioners voted Ed Hinojosa Jr., a 17-year veteran of the agency, as president and CEO following a national search.
Alazan-Apache Courts
New plan for Alazan Courts: SAHA intends to keep all residents on site after ‘self-developing’ the property
The San Antonio Housing Authority will recommend to its board of commissioners today that SAHA “self-develop” the courts with the intent of keeping its roughly 1,200 low-income residents in the public housing property.
Housing activists take their protest to San Antonio Housing Authority CEO’s home
Roughly 80 housing activists on Saturday gathered on South Flores to protest the San Antonio Housing Authority’s plan to demolish Alazán Courts, among a slew of other grievances.
How to relocate Alazan Courts’ 1,200 residents? San Antonio Housing Authority says it’s complicated, critics say you don’t
“Some of them ended up … in a lot of really bad places,” one SAHA commissioner said of East Side residents uprooted the last time the agency redeveloped public housing.
Alazan-Apache Courts named one of America’s most endangered historic places
The San Antonio Housing Authority plans to demolish 501 public housing units, over multiple years, and replace them with a new mixed-income development.
SAHA’s eviction policy under review after pressure from residents, groups
In response to criticism over its eviction policy, SAHA said it will suspend noncriminal evictions until Dec. 31.
‘It’s like prison.’ Some Alazan-Apache Courts residents accuse SAHA of pushing them toward eviction
Several residents at Alazan-Apache Courts accuse the San Antonio Housing Authority of harassment by way of, what they describe as, bogus lease violations—which lead to evictions. SAHA paints a different picture.
Controversial Alazan Lofts gets boost from a reluctant zoning commission
At a heated Zoning Commission meeting Tuesday, commissioners paved the way for the development of the Alazan Lofts, a controversial 88-unit, mixed-income housing development south of the Alazan Courts.
‘Los Courts’ exhibit explores the legacy of San Antonio’s oldest public housing
When they opened in 1941, the Alazán-Apache Courts were a relief from the slum conditions that defined the West Side. A new exhibit called “Los Courts,” which opens Saturday, explores that legacy.