In an effort to allay concerns of Lavaca residents, the San Antonio Housing Authority has greatly reduced the density of housing at its Victoria Commons master community from a plan it proposed last year.
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Tax breaks for developers under scrutiny in San Antonio, Texas capitol
A growing number of advocates are demanding that the City of San Antonio stop using property tax exemptions to build housing, while Texas lawmakers have a similar debate in Austin.
Construction begins on Labor Street mixed-income apartments in Lavaca
In December, the San Antonio Housing Authority broke ground on a 213-unit, mixed-income apartment community in the Lavaca neighborhood.
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.
San Antonio steps up to replace stolen Christmas gifts
The Alazan-Apache Courts toy drive seemed doomed after more than half of the 200 toys collected were stolen from the property’s community room last Friday. Then, San Antonio stepped up.
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.
Ongoing since the Clinton administration, Victoria Commons final phases draw new concerns from Lavaca neighborhood
As the San Antonio Housing Authority prepares to finish the Victoria Commons development in the Lavaca neighborhood, 20 years in the making, the agency is once again fielding concerns from the neighborhood.
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.
San Antonio Housing Authority, Mission DG chosen as partners on $51M Granada Homes rehab
The 249 units at the Granada Homes will be renovated, and will continue to serve low-income seniors after completion, officials said.
Granada building could get major renovation via SAHA partnership
The San Antonio Housing Authority is talking to the owner of the Granada Homes about renovating the low-income apartment building for seniors.