With construction costs and interest rates soaring, San Antonio developers are struggling to make the numbers work for their affordable housing projects.
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Alazan Courts, Cattleman Square Lofts among 14 projects set to receive $44M in San Antonio bond funding
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.
Opportunity Home San Antonio seeks $8M from housing bond for Alazan-Apache Courts expansion
Opportunity Home San Antonio has applied for $8 million from San Antonio’s housing bond for a new public housing development at Alazan-Apache Courts.
Is San Antonio rushing its $150 million housing bond?
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.
Public invited to Alazan Courts design workshop
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.
Olivo: Housing needed at all price points, Nirenberg says
How San Antonio’s discussion on housing costs has evolved from the Decade of Downtown to the pandemic-era shortage.
As San Antonio mulls $150M affordable housing bond, city celebrates apartments built from 2017 bond
If the $150 million housing bond passes, it will greatly expand the city’s role in creating and preserving affordable housing, but it’s not entirely unprecedented.
New affordable housing model in Texas takes shape on San Antonio’s East Side
The San Antonio Housing Trust has introduced a new housing model that benefits the public more than developers, it says.
UPDATED: St. John’s Square project moving forward despite SAHA’s exit
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.
Fort Worth-area developer buys Villita Street properties where twin high-rises were envisioned
Newstream Capital, from a northern suburb of Fort Worth, bought two properties on Villita Street, across from the Tower Life Building. The firm is still deciding what to build on them.