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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

Is San Antonio rushing its $150 million housing bond?

August 19, 2022 By Ben Olivo 1 Comment

Mayor Ron Nirenberg speaks during a City Council B session on Aug. 10, 2022, about the housing bond in City Council chambers in San Antonio, Texas.

Today, the City of San Antonio is due to formally begin the process of finding developers to build and preserve apartments, and build houses, as part of the $150 million housing bond.

Filed Under: 2022-2027 bond, City of San Antonio, Development, Housing, Neighborhoods Tagged With: Alamo Community Group, Billy Mitchell Apartments, Cattleman Square Lofts, City Council, City of San Antonio, Four25 San Pedro, Granada Homes, Housing Commission, Jennifer Gonzalez, Liberty Multifamily, Mission DG, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, NHSD, Operation Finally Home, Opportunity Home San Antonio, Patriot’s Pointe, Ron Nirenberg, Roseville Phase II, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio Housing Trust, San Antonio Housing Trust PFC, SHIP, Strategic Housing Implementation Plan, The Aspire at Vida, The Aurora, Veronica Garcia

Inflation, interest rates jeopardize Cattleman Square Lofts affordable housing in downtown San Antonio

June 21, 2022 By Ben Olivo 2 Comments

Rendering of Cattleman Square Lofts October 2020 at 811 W. Houston St. by Alamo Community Group.

The cost to build Cattleman Square Lofts has ballooned by $6 million since January.

Filed Under: Bexar County, City of San Antonio, Development, Housing, West Downtown, West Side Tagged With: Alamo Colleges District, Alamo Community Group, Bexar County Commissioners, Cattleman Square Lofts, City Council, Enterprise Housing Credit Investors, Jennifer Gonzalez, Liberty Multifamily, Mission DG, Museum Reach Lofts, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, NHSD, Operation Finally Home, Patriot’s Pointe, Pete Alanis, Planning and Community Development Committee, San Antonio Housing Trust, San Antonio Housing Trust PFC, Strategic Housing Implementation Plan, Teri Castillo, Texas Bond Review Board, The Spire at Vida, Veronica Garcia, VIA Metropolitan Transit

Tax subsidy sometimes used for affordable housing redirected to Broadway attractions north of downtown San Antonio

February 23, 2022 By Ben Olivo 1 Comment

The San Antonio Zoo is considering several improvement projects totaling around $50 million including a gorilla enclosure, renovations to existing buildings and a completely new front gate.

A financial tool used to help fund affordable housing was recently repurposed for the San Antonio Zoo, the Witte Museum, Garden and Brackenridge Park, a move that has some nonprofit developers scratching their heads.

Filed Under: 2022-2027 bond, Broadway, City of San Antonio, Development, Housing, How Things Work, Midtown & Pearl, Museum Reach, Property Values, River North, San Antonio Zoo, Tobin Hill Tagged With: 2022-2027 bond, Alamo Community Group, Brackenridge Park, Broadway, Brooks City-Base TIRZ, ButterKrust Bakery, Cattleman Square Lofts, Cellars at the Pearl, City Council, City of San Antonio, Encore Multifamily, Erik Walsh, Government Hill, GrayStreet Partners, Houston Street TIRZ, Inner City TIRZ, Jennifer Gonzalez, Jones & Rio, Lone Star Brewery, Lori Houston, Mario Bravo, Maverick Dog Park, Midtown TIRZ, Midway, Museum Reach, Museum Reach Lofts, Pearl, Prospera Housing Community Services, Ryan M. Sweeney, SA: Ready to Work, San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio Light, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio Zoo, San Pedro Springs Park, Strategic Housing Implementation Plan, Sunken Garden Theater, Tim Morrow, Vista Verde Apartments, Westside TIRZ, Witte Museum

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

What is ‘affordable housing’ in San Antonio? City Council to consider adopting this definition

August 11, 2021 By Maggie Ryan 3 Comments

Drone shot of the East Side of San Antonio. July 5, 2021.

Over the past few months, San Antonio’s Housing Commission has worked to craft a universal definition of “affordable housing.”

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Housing, Mayor's Housing Policy Task Force Tagged With: Alamo Community Group, City Council, City of San Antonio, Habitat for Humanity of San Antonio, Housing Commission, HUD, Jennifer Gonzalez, Jessica O. Guerrero, Kristin Davila, Mayor's Housing Policy Task Force, New Braunfels, Pete Alanis, Ron Nirenberg, SAHA, San Antonio Economic Development Foundation, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio Housing Trust, Shirley Gonzales, Strategic Housing Implementation Plan, Susan Richardson, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, VIA Metropolitan Transit

UTSA has more up its sleeve for downtown campus

October 16, 2018 By Ben Olivo 9 Comments

The University of Texas at San Antonio and the nonprofit Alamo Community Group have placed bids on a small cluster of office buildings and parking lots at 811 W. Houston St. that’s owned by the Alamo Colleges District.

Filed Under: Development, UTSA Tagged With: Alamo Community College District, Alamo Community Group, Board of Regents of The University of Texas System, Jennifer Gonzalez, Joe Izbrand, Kristi Wyatt, Taylor Eighmy, UTSA

Pearl developer ‘very interested’ in affordable housing

September 7, 2018 By Ben Olivo 3 Comments

Bill Shown, managing director of Pearl developer Silver Ventures, said his group is “very interested” in building affordable housing as the development expands in the coming years.

Filed Under: Development, Housing, Museum Reach, Neighborhoods, Pearl, River North, Tobin Hill Tagged With: Alamo Community Group, Bill Shown, Brewery South, CCHIP, Center City Housing Incentives Policy, Christopher "Kit" Goldsbury, Credit Human, Fox Motel, Jennifer Gonzalez, Lori Houston, Museum Reach Lofts, Pearl, Samuels Glass Co., San Antonio Housing Trust Public Facility Corp., Silver Ventures

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