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Out of Reach: Why San Antonio can’t get a grip on its affordable housing crisis

December 28, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

With construction costs and interest rates soaring, San Antonio developers are struggling to make the numbers work for their affordable housing projects.

Filed Under: Development, Housing Tagged With: Alamo Community Group, Alazán-Apache Courts, Bexar County, Cattleman Square Lofts, CCHIP, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, Charles A. Gonzalez Senior Community, City of San Antonio, Debra Guerrero, East Meadows, Ed Hinojosa Jr., Ivy Taylor, Jennifer Gonzalez, Mark Carmona, NRP Group, Opportunity Home San Antonio, Pete Alanis, Ron Nirenberg, San Antonio, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio Housing Trust, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Victoria Courts, Viento Apartments

Alazan Courts, Cattleman Square Lofts among 14 projects set to receive $44M in San Antonio bond funding

December 9, 2022 By Ben Olivo Leave a Comment

The city of San Antonio is preparing to disburse nearly $44 million to housing developers and landlords for the production of 686 apartments, the repair of another 1,775 units, and the construction of 71 single-family homes.

Filed Under: 2022-2027 bond, City of San Antonio, Development, Housing, Neighborhoods Tagged With: Alamo Community Group, Alazan Creek, Alazán-Apache Courts, Arbor at West Avenue, Arbors at West Avenue, Atlantic Pacific, Cattleman Square Lofts, Centro Plaza, City Council, Cottage Creek, Fiesta Trails, Habitat for Humanity, housing bond, Inc., NRP Group, Opportunity Home San Antonio, Our Casas Resident Council, Pecan Hill, Pico Union Housing, Prospera Housing Community Services, Rancho Carlotta, San Antonio, San Antonio Housing Authority, SHIP, Spanish Pecan, Strategic Housing Implementation Plan, Teri Castillo, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, VIA Metropolitan Transit, Viento Apartments, Vista at Silver Oaks, West Side, Westside Affordable Homes, Westside Reinvestment Initiative, Winston Square and Roselawn, Woodhill

Olivo: How McKee-Rodriguez’s support for a luxury housing project helps shape the Decade of Downtown

December 2, 2021 By Ben Olivo 77 Comments

Let’s make one thing clear, the Decade of Downtown in San Antonio is alive and well. It hasn’t expired. And it will continue as long as there are city policies designed to incentivize the production of market-rate housing in the downtown area.

Filed Under: Broadway East, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City of San Antonio, Development, East Side, Government Hill, Housing, Lone Star, Midtown & Pearl, Neighborhoods, Pearl, Sidebar Deep Dive Tagged With: 1800 Broadway, Alazán-Apache Courts, Ana Sandoval, AREA Real Estate, Bexar County, Broadway, Broadway corridor, CCHIP, Center City Housing Incentive Program, City Council, City of San Antonio, Criterion, David Adelman, Decade of Downtown, East Side, Encore Multifamily, Encore SoFlo, Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, Fulcrum Development, Government Hill, Government Hill Alliance, GrayStreet Partners, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Hixon Properties, Ian Benavidez, Inner City Development Incentive Program, Inner City TIRZ, Inspire Downtown, Jake Jopling, Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, Jefferson Bank, Julián Castro, Lone Star Brewery, Lynd Company, Mario Bravo, Michael Amezquita, Midtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, Midtown TIRZ, Museum Reach, OHT Partners, Pearl, Sabot Development, SAISD, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio Independent School District, San Antonio River, Shirley Gonzales, Southtown, Teri Castillo, Texas Organizing Project, Universal Services Group, Vistana

Housing bond meeting gets heated as members debate how best to serve San Antonio’s 95K vulnerable households

November 19, 2021 By Ben Olivo 48 Comments

The 2022-2027 housing bond committee met Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, for the second time.

Calls for spending all $150 million in potential housing bond dollars on San Antonio’s most vulnerable populations permeated the housing bond committee’s second meeting held Wednesday night at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.

Filed Under: 2022-2027 bond, City of San Antonio, Housing, Neighborhoods Tagged With: 2022-2027 bond, 2027-2032 bond, Alamo Community Group, Alazan Courts, Alazán-Apache Courts, Art Reinhardt, Brett Finley, Celine Williams, City Council, East Meadows, Ed Hinojosa Jr., Erik Walsh, Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, Graciela Sanchez, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Housing Policy Framework, Jennifer Gonzalez, Jose Gonzales II, Katie Vela, Kayla Miranda, Leilah Powell, Linda Ortega, LISC San Antonio, Lori Houston, Mia Loseff, My City is My Home, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, NHSD, Rebecca Flores, Rich Acosta, SA: Ready to Work program, SAHA, San Antonio Board of Realtors, San Antonio Housing Authority, SARAH, Shirley Gonzales, SHP, South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless, SouthStar Communities, Strategic Housing Implementation Plan, Texas Housers, Thad Rutherford, University of Texas at Austin School of Law, Veronica Soto, Wheatley Courts, WSP USA

Hinojosa Jr. named president and CEO of San Antonio Housing Authority

July 15, 2021 By Ben Olivo 5 Comments

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.

Filed Under: Alazan-Apache Courts, Development, Housing, Neighborhoods, San Antonio Housing Authority Tagged With: Alazán-Apache Courts, Andrew Cuomo, Cassiano Homes, Choice Neighborhood, David Nisivoccia, East Meadows, Ed Hinojosa Jr., Hemisfair, HUD, Lincoln Courts, President Biden, President Clinton, President Obama, SAHA, San Antonio Housing Authority, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Victoria Courts, Wheatley Courts

Priced out of Southtown, SAY Sí goes west

March 23, 2021 By Josh Feola 5 Comments

Twenty seven years into its run, the youth arts education nonprofit is preparing to open the doors on its massive new West Side space by Apache Creek later this year.

Filed Under: Art, Education, Neighborhoods, West Side Tagged With: Alazán-Apache Courts, Apache Creek, Bexar County, Blue Star Arts Complex, Charles Butt Foundation, Chili Bowl, Christian Academy of San Antonio, City of San Antonio, David Rogers, Deborah Rogers, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Jon Hinojosa, Nicole Amri, North East School of the Arts, Rinconcito de Esperanza, SAHA, San Antonio Food Bank, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio River Authority, San Antonio Water System, SAY Sí, Shirley Gonzales, Southtown, St. Mary's University, Stephen Garza-Guzman, Tafolla Middle School, West Side, Westside TIRZ

Top downtown San Antonio stories of 2020

January 1, 2021 By Ben Olivo 47 Comments

Here are the most news-worthy stories of 2020 for the downtown San Antonio area.

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: Alamo Community Group, Alamo Plaza, Alazán-Apache Courts, Black Lives Matter, Cadillac Bar, City of San Antonio, coronavirus, Covid-19, Covid-19 Emergency Housing Assistance Program, David Nisivoccia, Fiesta, George Floyd, George P. Bush, Government Hill, Greg Abbott, Mexican Manhattan, Museum Reach Lofts, Reyes Bar, River Walk, Ron Nirenberg, San Antonio Housing Authority, Texas Historical Commission, The Conservation Society of San Antonio, This is Texas Freedom Force, Weston Urban

The most-read stories of 2020

December 29, 2020 By Ben Olivo 47 Comments

This year-end list is your list. Here are the 10 downtown and neighborhood stories you consumed the most of in 2020.

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: Alamo Community Group, Alamo Plaza, Alazán-Apache Courts, American South Real Estate Fund, Cattleman Square Lofts, Dream Hotel Group, El Mirador, Friedrich complex, GrayStreet Partners, James Lifshutz, Lisa Wong, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Peter French, Provident Realty Advisors, Roberto Treviño, Rosario's, SAHA, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio Housing Trust, Texas Historical Commission, The Floodgate, West Commerce Street, Weston Urban

How to relocate Alazan Courts’ 1,200 residents? San Antonio Housing Authority says it’s complicated, critics say you don’t

October 14, 2020 By Ben Olivo 13 Comments

The Alazan Courts. Photo by Ben Olivo taken October 2019

“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.

Filed Under: Alazan-Apache Courts, Housing, San Antonio Housing Authority, West Side Tagged With: affordable housing, Alazan Courts, Alazán-Apache Courts, Apache Courts, Cassiano Courts, Choice program, Department of Housing and Urban Development, development, East Meadows, Haven for Hope, Henry Cisneros, HUD, Lincoln Courts, Los Courts, Lynd Copany, Munoz and Company, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Obama, poverty, real estate, relocation, SAHA, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio public housing, West Side

‘Los Courts’ exhibit explores the legacy of San Antonio’s oldest public housing

September 19, 2018 By Lea Thompson Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: Alazan-Apache Courts, Housing, Neighborhoods, West Side Tagged With: Alazán-Apache Courts, Choice Neighborhood grant, David Nisivoccia, East Meadows, Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, Ruben's Icehouse, San Antonio Housing Authority, Sarah Gould, Shirley Gonzales, Westside Preservation Alliance

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