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Born of segregation and redlining, the near West Side has long been mostly Latino, mostly low-income. Redevelopment pressures are closing in, and neighbors are working to keep it affordable for some of the city’s poorest residents.

Born of segregation and redlining, the near West Side has long been mostly Latino, mostly low-income. Redevelopment pressures are closing in, and neighbors are working to keep it affordable for some of the city’s poorest residents.

With construction costs and interest rates soaring, developers are struggling to make the numbers work for their affordable housing projects.

Joan Christine Barrera stays busy by knitting, a hobby she learned when she was 4 and...

The near West Side public housing project was set to be torn down and replaced by...

A number of large-scale projects will expand the city’s downtown, but community advocates are worried about preserving the area’s Mexican American culture.

Priced out of Southtown, SAY Sí goes west click to enlarge Stephanie Stokes / SA Heron / @estefotografa “What happened in Southtown and the Blue Star area is that it’s become gentrified,” said Jon Hinojosa, SAY Sí’s executive director, on the nonprofit’s move to the West Side. I...

San Antonio Doubles Down on Public Housing The San Antonio Housing Authority has been working for years to replace the Alazán-Apache Courts with mixed-income housing using a tax-credit deal. But that plan is now scrapped in favor of keeping the apartments as public housing. March 10, 2021, 7am PST | rkaufman Share For the last several years, the San Antonio Housing Authority has been planning a project that would see the Alazán-Apache Courts, the city’s oldest public housing complex, d...

Next City's interview with San Antonio Housing Authority's interim CEO, Ed Hinojosa, Jr.

>> David Montgomery, Rick Rojas, Ivan Penn and James Dobbins, The New York Times Published: 17 Feb 2021 02:33 PM BdST Updated: 17 Feb 2021 02:33 PM BdST Perishables from a refrigerator are stored in plastic bags outside in the snow in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday, Feb 16, 2021, following the loss of power since Sunday night. The New York Times People help a motorist up a snow and ice-covered road on Tuesday, Feb 16, 2021, in Austin, Texas. The New York Times Texans shivered under blankets as t...