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How municipal bonds work, and a brief history of them in San Antonio

April 28, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

What are bonds, exactly? Why does San Antonio pay for infrastructure the way it does? As early voting continues on the $1.2 billion bond package, the Heron answers these questions and others.

Filed Under: 2022-2027 bond, City of San Antonio, Elections, General News, Know Stuff Tagged With: 2007-2012 bond, 2012-2017 bond, 2017-2022 bond, 2022-2027 bond, Ben Gorzell, Carver Branch Library, Christine Drennon, City Council, City of San Antonio, Fitch, general obligation bonds, Grand Hyatt, Hemisfair, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Henry Cisneros, Heywood Sanders, JP Morgan, Las Palmas Branch Library, Moody’s, Municipal Auditorium, Olmos Dam, Roberto Treviño, S&P, SAMCO Capital, San Antonio, San Antonio Fire Department, San Antonio International Airport, San Antonio Police Department, San Antonio River, Securities and Exchange Commission, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Sheryl Sculley, Siebert Williams Shank, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA

Developers wanting city tax breaks may be required to take housing vouchers

April 7, 2021 By Gaige Davila 1 Comment

The proposed ordinance is intended to increase the housing options for low-income renters in San Antonio.

Filed Under: Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City of San Antonio, Development, Housing, San Antonio Housing Trust Tagged With: Apartment Association of San Antonio, Brandee Perez, CCHIP, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City of San Antonio, Henry Cisneros, Mi Ciudad es Mi Casa, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, NHSD, Pedro Alanis, Rich Acosta, SAHA, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio Housing Trust, Teri Bilby

Austin real estate firm purchases historic office building on downtown River Walk

November 23, 2020 By Richard Webner 57 Comments

This three-story office building on the River Walk sits at 454 Soledad St.

An Austin real estate firm has purchased a three-story historic office building on the River Walk in a fast-growing part of west downtown.

Filed Under: Office, River Walk, Soledad Street, Tech District, Transactions, West Downtown Tagged With: Convent Street, Henry Cisneros, Lynn Yuan, Mission DG, Opportunity Zone, Real International, River Walk, San Antonio Housing Authority, Soledad Street, Victoria Miramontes, 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 12 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

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