HUD secretary announces grant to help homeless veterans

by Zack HedrickWednesday, December 18th 2019AA This ad will end in 12 SBG San Antonio SAN ANTONIO – A new $29.3 million […]

San Antonio Launches Digital Divide Survey to Determine Who the Internet Revolution Has Left Behind

One in four Alamo City residents lack Internet access, according to recent U.S. Census data. What’s more, recent data from the Brookings Institution […]

Lonnie Walker IV brightens San Antonio family’s Thanksgiving

The community services-minded Reading product spreads peace, love, and happiness wherever he goes. On Tuesday, some west-side San Antonio families […]

H-E-B donates nearly 2,000 Thanksgiving meals to San Antonio Food Bank during shortage

Food Bank said it was experiencing a turkey shortage ahead of Thanksgiving SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio-based grocery giant H-E-B is […]

Want to know what’s happening downtown? Here’s an update on major construction projects around downtown San Antonio

What will emerge from the cranes’ and bulldozers’ work around downtown San Antonio? Apartments, hotels and headquarters are in the […]

Lonnie Walker Makes Thanksgiving Possible for San Antonio Families

Lonnie Walker Makes Thanks­giving Possible for San Antonio Families BY LENA BLIETZ SAN ANTONIOPUBLISHED 8:38 PM CT NOV. 26, 2019 SAN ANTONIO […]

Green Acres: Commissioner Calvert Cultivates Plans for Urban Farm

COURTESY / ARCHITECT DEBRA DOCKERY Architect Debra Dockery’s rendering of Greenies Urban Farm. The wild, undeveloped piece of land behind […]

San Antonio Goes into Expansion Overdrive

A joint venture was attracted to the Vistana due to the growth of downtown from the newly opened Frost Tower […]

San Antonio living community recognized for its abundance of features

Beautiful landscaping, easy access to transportation and even an on-site park helped Wheatley Park Senior Living Community win the recognition.Author: Sue […]

White Cane Awareness Day

White Cane Awareness Day and you don’t want to miss what’s going on October 15th! Independance by Cane or CanineOpportunity […]

Goodwill San Antonio Distributes 400 Laptops to Opportunity Home Residents

SAN ANTONIO — Goodwill San Antonio is giving 400 refurbished laptops to Opportunity Home San Antonio residents. Google Fiber awarded […]

STEM Programs Expand to Include More San Antonio Students

SAN ANTONIO — More kids will get to experience the magic of science across San Antonio thanks to a $100,000 donation […]

Opportunity Home breaks ground on low-income housing development

Opportunity Home begins construction for The Artisan at Ruiz SAN ANTONIO – The Opportunity Home San Antonio has broken ground on […]

City Council approves $2.9 billion budget for 2020 with new property tax exemption

SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio City Council and Mayor Ron Nirenberg unanimously approved a $2.9 billion budget Thursday that features […]

Opportunity Home partners with nonprofit to provide transitional housing for former foster youth

Next Step housing program will bridge gap between homelessness, independence SAN ANTONIO – Bridging the gap between foster care and a […]

2020 City Budget Grapples With Affordable Housing

SAN ANTONIO – More than $30 million is earmarked for more affordable housing in the planned 2020 City of San […]

Opportunity Home San Antonio Planning Big Investment in Mixed-Income Housing

Over the next 25 years, San Antonio is expecting to welcome a million new residents, an influx of people that […]

Opportunity Home partnering with Dallas developer on 24-story tower downtown

The Opportunity Home San Antonio and a Dallas developer are looking to build a 24-story tower downtown, which would likely […]

Opportunity Home approves $486M to fund 14 affordable housing projects

The Opportunity Home San Antonio and The Lynd Co. are partnering on Culebra Crossing, a $47 million project to be […]

Opportunity Home San Antonio board approves $486 million in future developments

he money will go toward 14 affordable housing developments in the San Antonio area, including redeveloping the oldest public housing […]

$486M approved in future affordable housing developments in San Antonio area

Opportunity Home San Antonio Board of Commissioners approves $486 million SAN ANTONIO – The Opportunity Home San Antonio Board of Commissioners […]

Tax Credit Obtained for 88-Unit Alazan Lofts

The Opportunity Home San Antonio (Opportunity Home) and partner NRP Group received a 9% tax credit from the Texas Department […]

250 kids receive free school supplies

Opportunity Home San Antonio teams up with businesses to help children SAN ANTONIO – Hundreds of families lined up outside a […]

Opportunity HomeGets Tax Credit to Build Mixed-Income Alazán Lofts

The Opportunity Home San Antonio can move forward with a new mixed-income housing project in the near West Side after […]

Dallas developer JMJ now wants to build two apartment towers—one with Opportunity Home’s help

It appears the Opportunity Home San Antonio (Opportunity Home) is becoming one of downtown’s chief development players. Through two nonprofit […]

Housing Authority awarded $18 million for new housing

SAN ANTONIO — The Opportunity Home San Antonio has been awarded $18 million in tax credits for development on the West […]

La Printería: San Antonio West Side Art Haven For Printmaking, Education

Students from underprivileged backgrounds don’t often get to spread their artistic wings in the classroom. There’s a studio in San […]

Work almost complete on new air conditioning units for 2,400 Opportunity Home tenants

SAN ANTONIO – The Opportunity Home San Antonio is closing in on its pledge to provide free air conditioning units […]

San Antonio To Document Its Digital Divide

San Antonio will study the depths of its digital divide, including the number of people who don’t have access to […]

Low Income Students Receive Free Laptops for Schoolwork

BY SPECTRUM NEWS STAFF SAN ANTONIOPUBLISHED 7:43 AM CT JUN. 23, 2019 SAN ANTONIO – Twenty-five students in San Antonio are bridging […]

Email Print Share San Antonio Awarded National Grant to Craft Displacement Prevention Policy

Grounded Solutions Network staff and local city and community representatives will conduct a needs assessment study, and attempt to identify […]

Castro housing plan: rent credits and up to $46 billion for affordable housing

Julián Castro played to his strong suit Monday as the Democrats’ 2020 contest nears a critical stage, proposing a policy […]

East SA community garden seeing the fruits of hard work

East SA community garden seeing the fruits of hard work  Just a stone’s throw from the Stock Show and Rodeo […]

Julián Castro draws on HUD experience as 2020 candidates pitch affordable housing plans

As housing secretary in the Obama administration, Julián Castro did what no one in thejob before had done – finish […]

Opportunity Home builds Urban Farm to Combat Hunger on East Side

SAN ANTONIO – The Opportunity Home San Antonio, along with San Antonio College and other local organizations, held a groundbreaking on […]

Opportunity Home San Antonio, Partners Break Ground on Eastside Urban Garden

Garcia Street Urban Farm, a 4.1-acre farm designed to bring fresh produce and food education to San Antonio’s East Side, broke ground […]

Opportunity Home San Antonio to build urban farm on East Side to combat food shortages

SAN ANTONIO — The Opportunity Home San Antonio is helping to build an urban farm on the East Side to combat […]

Urban farm coming to city’s East Side

4.1-acre plot of land will be largest urban farm in San Antonio SAN ANTONIO – A large portion of the city’s […]

Former San Antonio housing chief talks about her new career, family’s move from Mexico

At first glance, there seems to be a gap between Lourdes Castro Ramirez’s experience in public housing — she’s a […]

Nonprofit, AT&T team up to bring bunk beds to children

Anthony Sierra, a techican for AT&T, said he that while performing home installations he has seen the couches and other […]

Tweet Email Print Share Council Approves $500,000 in Funding for Air Conditioning Project for San Antonio’s Public Housing

City Council on Thursday approved $500,000 in funding to allow the Opportunity Home San Antonio to continue installing air conditioning […]

City Council Approves Final Funding to Install Air Conditioning in Public Housing

City Council on Thursday approved the allocation of $500,000 from its general fund to allow the Opportunity Home San Antonio […]

East San Antonio gets new affordable homes

SAN ANTONIO — Thursday morning, Dina Tellez came to the corner of Hays and Lockhart with a hammer and a […]

Community Aims To Fight East Side Gentrification With Affordable Housing

As San Antonio’s real estate boom continues, finding affordable housing can be a challenge, especially in neighborhoods on the east […]

$500,000 approved by city to install AC units

SAN ANTONIO — City leaders are making sure people who live in Opportunity Home San Antonio apartments, and need air conditioning […]

San Antonio finds another way to fund air conditioning in public housing

After hitting a roadblock, the city of San Antonio found another way to come up with $500,000 to cool hundreds of […]

San Antonio to provide A/C units to 2,500 apartments to beat the heat

Residents in 20 public housing communities in San Antonio will soon have heat relief after City Council approved the use […]

Opportunity Home San Antonio bringing new homes to east side neighborhood

This ad will end in 15 A sign of hope, directly across the street from where three people were shot on […]

How Opportunity Home is reducing the ‘digital divide’

Digital Ambassador, Natalie Palmer, helps Lisa Martinez sign on as Opportunity Home hosts a ConnectHome training session at the Mission […]

HUD blocks city’s plan to use $500,000 for air conditioning in public housing