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What is ‘affordable housing’ in San Antonio? City Council to consider...
Photo by Isaiah Alonzo | @isaiah__alonzo | Heron contributor Over the past few months, San Antonio’s Housing Commission has worked to craft a universal definition of “affordable housing,” an ambiguous...
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San Antonio’s City Council approves 10-year affordable housing plan
HERON FILE PHOTO The City Council on Thursday approved the Strategic Housing Implementation Plan (SHIP), a framework document with the overarching goal of helping 95,000 households in San Antonio who...
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New affordable housing model in Texas takes shape on San Antonio’s East Side
The Lofts at Creekview is a $60 million mixed-income development on the East Side planned by the San Antonio Housing Trust Public Facility Corp. Courtesy San Antonio Housing Trust PFC By Ben Olivo |...
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Circa-1920s Exchange Building up for sale
The Exchange Building resides at 152 E. Pecan St. Photo by Ben Olivo | Heron By Richard Webner | @RWebner | Heron contributor In 1992, nearly 20 years before the Decade of Downtown, the city of San...
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As San Antonio mulls $150M affordable housing bond, city celebrates...
West End on Frio is a 24-unit apartment complex at 711 S. Frio St. funded in part by the $20 million neighborhood improvements bond of 2017. Photo by Ben Olivo | Heron By Richard Webner | @RWebner |...
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Olivo: Housing needed at all price points, Nirenberg says
The median price of a home rose to $338,700 in April, according to the San Antonio Board of Realtors. Photo by Kaylee Greenlee Beal | @kgreenleephoto | Heron contributor Note: This is a column of...
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Inflation, interest rates jeopardize Cattleman Square Lofts affordable...
Cattleman Square Lofts, 811 W. Houston St., would be an all-affordable housing development. Courtesy Sage Group By Ben Olivo | @rbolivo | Heron editor The staggering figure emerged from a City Council...
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Is San Antonio rushing its $150 million housing bond?
Mayor Ron Nirenberg speaks on the housing bond during a City Council meeting on Aug. 10. Photo by Ben Olivo | @sanantonioheron | Heron By Ben Olivo | @rbolivo | Heron editor Today, the City of San...
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Pre-construction work set to begin on $92.9M Friedrich Lofts on San Antonio’s...
The Friedrich industrial complex at 1617 E. Commerce St. in July 2021. Photo by Ben Olivo | Heron | @sanantonioheron This month, crews are scheduled to begin the environmental abatement process on the...
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Out of Reach: Why San Antonio can’t get a grip on its affordable housing crisis
Opportunity Home plans to rebuild the Alazan-Apache public housing project after initially seeking to demolish it. Heron file photo By Richard Webner | San Antonio Current contributor This article is...
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