Posted By Jay Moreno on Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 11:00 AM click image Vimeo / San Antonio Housing Authority A screen capture from SAHA s 100 Labor virtual groundbreaking video. San Antonio Housing Authority has broken ground on a new residential complex intended to expand affordable housing near downtown San Antonio. SAHA conducted a virtual groundbreaking Thursday for the new 100 Labor complex in partnership with Franklin Development. The new development in the works for two decades will create a master-planned community called Victoria Commons where the Victoria Courts public housing project once stood. The multi-family units will offer affordable accommodations for downtown service-industry workers, SAHA officials said.
Skip to main content We can t do this : How 501 public housing units in San Antonio were suddenly spared destruction FacebookTwitterEmail 1of11 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 2of11 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
1 of 4 West Side community activists gather outside the property at 1312 Guadalupe, referred by many activists as ‘Casa Maldonado,’ protesting its demolition. | Credit: The Esperanza Peace & Justice Center 2 of 4 Community members attend the 2002 demolition of La Gloria, an iconic San Antonio West Side dance hall. | Credit: Esperanza Peace & Justice Center 3 of 4 The Malt House was demolished in May 2018. The drive-in restaurant at the corner of Zarzamora and Buena Vista was declared a historic landmark in 2013. | Credit: Jack Morgan / Texas Public Radio 4 of 4 The San Antonio Housing Authority voted in Nov. 2020 to demolish the Alazán-Apache Courts, the city’s oldest public housing complex, and replace the structure with mixed-income units. SAHA will vote again this year on whether to follow through with the plan. | Credit: Norma Martinez / Texas Public Radio