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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

Public invited to Alazan Courts design workshop

June 24, 2022 By Ben Olivo Leave a Comment

Drone shot taken July 30, 2021, shows the Alazan Courts in the foreground and the downtown San Antonio skyline in the background.

The San Antonio Housing Authority is hosting a design workshop for the Alazan Courts redevelopment on the near West Side, San Antonio’s oldest public housing community that could be demolished and rebuilt, or refurnished.

Filed Under: Alazan-Apache Courts, Development, Historic Preservation, Housing, Neighborhoods, San Antonio Housing Authority, West Side Tagged With: Able City, Alamo Architects, Alazan Courts, Clinton administration, East Meadows, Economic & Planning Systems, Ed Hinojosa Jr., Gardens at San Juan Square, Henry Cisneros, HUD, Lori Houston, Michael Reyes, Obama administration, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Juan Homes, San Juan Square, Victoria Commons, Victoria Courts, West Side, Wheatley Courts

UPDATED: St. John’s Square project moving forward despite SAHA’s exit

February 5, 2022 By Ben Olivo 39 Comments

St. John's Square is an eight-story, 250-unit development being proposed for the southeast corner of East Nueva and South St. Mary's streets by Austin developer Dennis McDaniel and the San Antonio Housing Authority.

An Austin developer and St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church are moving forward with plans to build St. John’s Square, a 253-unit apartment building near La Villita, despite the San Antonio Housing Authority backing away from the project.

Filed Under: Development, Housing, San Antonio Housing Authority, South St. Mary's Tagged With: 210 Josephine Apartments, A. David Lynd, Affordable Housing Partners Inc., Alazan Courts, Berkshire Hathaway, David Nisivoccia, Dennis McDaniel, East Meadows, Ed Hinojosa Jr., HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, HUD, La Villita, Lynd Company, Marivel Resendiz, Moving to Work, SAHA, San Antonio Housing Authority, St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, St. John’s Square, Tim Alcott, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Victoria Commons, Victoria Courts, Warren Buffet, Wheatley Courts

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

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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