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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

Does your home need repairing? Here’s how to apply for piece of $45M in home rehab bond dollars

August 8, 2022 By Ben Olivo Leave a Comment

E Carson Street in Government Hill on Wednesday, April 3. V. Finster | Heron

Homeowners looking to tap into $45 million in city bond dollars for repairs ranging from foundation work to roof shingle replacement can submit their applications starting today.

Filed Under: 2022-2027 bond, City of San Antonio, Housing, Neighborhoods Tagged With: 2022-2027 bond program, City of San Antonio, Health Collaborative, housing bond, HUD, John Courage, Minor Repair Program, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, NHSD, Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Program, SHIP, Strategic Housing Implementation Plan, Teri Castillo, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Under 1 Roof, UTSA’s Westside Community Center, Veronica Garcia

A stadium or a new waterway? Leaders present competing visions for site in west downtown San Antonio

July 1, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

The Convent Park River Walk entrance at Convent and Augusta streets is where The Link could begin and head west, connecting to the San Pedro Creek Culture Park.

Two envisioned projects for west downtown—The Link from County Commissioner Tommy Calvert and a sports stadium by Weston Urban —could be competing head-to-head.

Filed Under: Bexar County, City of San Antonio, Development, Parks & Plazas, River Walk, San Antonio River, San Pedro Creek, Sports, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: Al Groves, Alamodome, Artpace, AT&T Center, Bexar County, Brenda Vickrey Johnson, Chuck Brehm, City of San Antonio, Clayton Perry, Decade of Downtown, Graham Weston, Mario Bravo, Monica Trevino-Ortega, Nelson Wolff, Randy Smith, Riley Robinson, River Walk, SAISD, San Antonio Independent School District, San Antonio—Toyota Field, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, Teri Castillo, Tommy Calvert, Vickrey & Associates, Weston Urban

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

San Antonio Heron relaunches EngageSA town hall series

June 9, 2022 By Heron Staff Leave a Comment

About 25 people attend a property appraisal town hall hosted by the San Antonio Heron and Jaime's Place at Jaime's Place, 1514 W. Commerce St. Volunteers from the Bexar County Appraisal District were on hand to answer questions from the audience. May 11, 2022.

We at the Heron are relaunching our EngageSA town hall series. It starts tonight with A Conversation with District 1 Councilman Mario Bravo, an interview followed by an audience Q&A on a range of pressing topics about San Antonio’s central district.

Filed Under: EngageSA, Events Tagged With: Cherrity Bar, Jaime's Place, Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, Mario Bravo, San Antonio Heron, Teri Castillo, The Friendly Spot

Esperanza Peace & Justice Center breaks ground on West Side museum

March 30, 2022 By Ben Olivo 61 Comments

Graciela Sanchez, director of the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Museo del Westside takes place on the morning of Tuesday, March, 29, 2022, at the Rinconcito de Esperanza, 816 S. Colorado St., San Antonio, TX, on the city's West Side.

After more than 10 years of planning, the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center is a year away from completing its Museo del Westside, a community space dedicated to West Side history and culture inside the old Ruben’s Ice House.

Filed Under: Historic Preservation, Museums, Neighborhoods, West Side Tagged With: Blanca "Blanquita Rosa" Rodríguez, Casa de Cuentos, David Gonzales, Esmeralda Reyes Rocha, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, Graciela Sanchez, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Henry Gomez, Houck Foundation, Impact San Antonio, Irma Reyes Guevara, Las Tesoros de San Antonio, M&E Grocery Store, Manuel Reyes Jr., Mariachi Esperanza, MujerArtes, Museo del Westside, National Endowment for the Humanities, Patricia Reyes Zepeda, Rinconcito de Esperanza, Ruben's Ice House, San Antonio Area Foundation, Teri Castillo, West Side, Westside TIRZ

Castillo says San Antonio’s failing its citizens whose homes rack up code violations

December 18, 2021 By Ben Olivo 6 Comments

The city’s Development Services Department went on the offensive this week after being lambasted in a recent report by a University of Texas at Austin professor over its code enforcement practices and how often they lead to the demolition of homes.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Code enforcement, Housing, Neighborhoods, West Side Tagged With: Andy Segovia, Building Standards Board, City of San Antonio, Code enforcement, Demolition Prevention & Mitigation Pilot Program, Development Services Department, DSD, Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic at Texas Law, Heather K. Way, Historic Westside Residents Association, Mario Bravo, Opportunity at Risk, Planning and Community Development Committee, Teri Castillo, The University of Texas School of Law, University of Texas at Austin

San Antonio’s City Council approves 10-year affordable housing plan

December 17, 2021 By Ben Olivo 47 Comments

Housing file art San Antonio Texas.

The City Council on Thursday approved the Strategic Housing Implementation Plan, a framework document with the overarching goal of helping 95,000 households in San Antonio who spend more than 30% of their monthly income on housing.

Filed Under: 2022-2027 bond, City of San Antonio, Development, Housing Tagged With: Bexar County, City Council, Clayton Perry, Cynthia Spielman, Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, Jessica O. Guerrero, Kristin Davila, Lori Houston, Mario Bravo, Mayor's Housing Policy Task Force, Ron Nirenberg, SA: Ready to Work program, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio Housing Trust, SHIP, Strategic Housing Implementation Plan, Teri Castillo

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

San Antonio’s affordable housing discussion continues tonight as city fields criticism on 71-page plan

November 17, 2021 By Ben Olivo 1 Comment

The Nov. 3 meeting was the first of 3 meetings that will be held to discuss housing and the next one is Nov. 17. Other bond meetings are scheduled to discuss the categories of streets, bridges & sidewalks, drainage, parks and recreation and facilities, and for more information visit 2022 Bond Calendar English.pdf (sanantonio.gov).

San Antonio’s citywide discussion on housing, which centers around a 71-page strategy five years in the making, resumes at 6 tonight at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.

Filed Under: 2022-2027 bond, City of San Antonio, Housing, Neighborhoods Tagged With: Bianca Maldonado, City Council, City of San Antonio, Cynthia Spielman, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Ian Benavidez, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, NHSD, Planning and Community Development Committee, SA: Ready to Work, Strategic Housing Implementation Plan, Teri Castillo, Tier 1 Neighborhood Coalition

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