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, demolished and replaced with mixed-income housing. The plan was controversial for several reasons. Residents feared that they wouldn’t be able to afford to return to the complex after it was rebuilt, and that they wouldn’t be able to find other affordable apartments elsewhere in San Antonio, even with housing vouchers. And some advocates have said that the project could swiftly gentrify San Antonio’s West Side.
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Kayla Miranda and fellow advocate Amelia Miranda watch the eviction of a resident Wednesday from Apache Courts, a neighboring complex of Alazán Courts, which SAHA plans to rebuild.Jerry Lara /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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Community advocate Kayla Miranda, 37, talks with her daughter, Nadia, 16, at their Alazan-Apache Courts unit, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Miranda has been an outspoken person on the issue of the demolition of the courts and their redevelopment. With them is the family’s three-year-old dog, “Joy”.Jerry Lara, Staff / San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
San Antonio Housing Authority staff had collected gifts for over 200 children who live at one of the city s largest public housing complexes and then, staff say, most of
Around 200 toys were stolen from a Texas public housing complex More than 2,000 gifts were donated to replace them 1075thegame.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from 1075thegame.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Flood of donations after toy theft means 1,600 underprivileged San Antonio kids get toys instead of 60
Friday theft before toy distribution to kids at Alazan Apache Court spurred many San Antonians to give
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SAN ANTONIO – As cars snaked past the San Antonio Housing Authority office Wednesday to be loaded with presents, it capped off a San Antonio holiday story fit for a movie.
“It’s the classic story of how the Grinch stole Christmas and Whoville. We became Whoville, or the North Pole whatever,” said SAHA Director of Community Development Initiatives Joel Tabar with a chuckle.
The piles of toys handed out to children living in SAHA public housing properties were there, ironically enough, because of a theft, which ignited the city’s generosity in a big way. After thieves took toys from an event meant to benefit 60 kids at the Alazan Apache Courts, a flood of donations from churches, private companies and other organizations allowed SAHA to provide toys to 1,600