Free air conditioning units will help cool all Opportunity Home tenants by end of June

SAN ANTONIO – Summer is nearly here, and as temperatures rise, so does the discomfort level for area residents who […]

It’s been a blessing’: Opportunity Home begins installing AC in housing without it

Email Print Share Lloyd Doggett Asks HUD to Approve a Plan to Install Air Conditioning in San Antonio’s Public Housing Units

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett has sent a request urging the federal government to approve a Opportunity Home San Antonio project to […]

The Compost Queens Put Waste to Work

Coffee chaff, dried banana peels, chicken bones and molding leftovers are finding new life thanks to the mother-daughter duo behind […]

Eco Centro’s Project to Bring Agriculture to a Downtown College Campus Shows How Cities Can Sustainably Feed Their Populations

Our current food system exists on borrowed time. Growth of global food production will need to increase by 25 to […]

President of local affordable housing nonprofit retires

Susan Sheeran, president of San Antonio-based Merced Housing Texas since its founding in 1995, has retired.

SA2020: Community-Driven Solutions For A Widening Housing Gap

One in five homeowners and more than half of renters in San Antonio are burdened by housing costs. What does that […]

National Digital Inclusion Alliance Names Casey Sorensen and Munirih Jester the 2019 Charles Benton Digital Equity Champions

National Digital Inclusion Alliance Names Casey Sorensen and Munirih Jester the 2019 Charles Benton Digital Equity Champions The National Digital Inclusion […]

Presentation of the Fourth Annual Charles Benton Digital Equity Champion Awards

Net Inclusion 2019 April 3, 2019 (PREPARED REMARKS) The city of Charlotte’s namesake, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, was Queen of Great […]

2019 Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition Site Visit – Opportunity Home San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas

This year’s Innovation in Affordable Housing (IAH) Student Design and Planning Competition generated more interest and visibility than ever before. During the […]

First look: Mixed-use, mixed-income apartments proposed near La Villita (slideshow)

Housing, Workforce Development Focus of Mayor’s Speech to Eastside Business Owners

San Antonians for Growth on the Eastside (SAGE) launched its 2019 series of Eastside Business Briefings at a Monday breakfast […]

City Council approves purchase of air conditioners for Opportunity Home housing units

SAN ANTONIO – Thousands of the city’s poorest families will now be getting air-conditioning thanks to a vote by San […]

Desperately-needed air conditioning coming for some of the city’s oldest housing units

A third of the residents in the affected units are elderly or disables, city officials said.Author: Vanessa CroixPublished: 11:51 PM CDT March […]

Proposed eight-story apartment building near La Villita in downtown San Antonio gets initial city approval

A proposed eight-story apartment complex at La Villita Historic Arts Village downtown gained initial approval from the city Historic Design […]

Eight-story apartment building proposed near La Villita in downtown San Antonio

2,500 families living in public housing could soon have air conditioning in their units

SAN ANTONIO – Approximately 2,500 families living in public housing have been enduring San Antonio summer heat without access to air conditioning, […]

22 San Antonio Public Housing Facilities to Receive Air Conditioning Units

Last summer, when State Rep. Diego Bernal heard that some San Antonians living in public housing do not have air […]

Around 2,000 public housing units in San Antonio don’t have air conditioning; city hopes to change that

Public housing units built in the 1930s one step closer to needed air conditioning

SAN ANTONIO (Feb. 20, 2019) – A needed step was taken today to improve the dignity and quality of life of […]

Opportunity Homegiven the green light to pursue tax credit funding for $20 million loft project

SAN ANTONIO — Grace Rodriguez is back at the Alazon Courts. It’s where her parents raised ten children. In fact, […]

Email Print Share Market Improvement: Pilot Program Will Work with Corner Stores to Bring Fresh Produce to San Antonio’s South Side

Fast food restaurants and corner stores define much of the South Side’s landscape — and its food desert. This lack of […]

Mixed-Income development proposed west of downtown

SAN ANTONIO – The Opportunity Home San Antonio (Opportunity Home) is proposing a mixed-income development just west of Downtown along […]

Weston Urban buys 2-acre block near UTSA downtown

Hemisfair’s Next Phase The city’s urban park enters a new chapter with the opening of residential units and the beginning of construction on Civic Park

The neighborhood that was demolished to make way for San Antonio to host the World’s Fair in 1968 will never […]

City to receive award for East Side project

City of San Antonio Selected for National Housing Award

SAN ANTONIO (Jan. 9, 2019) — The City of San Antonio has been selected to receive the 2019 Audrey Nelson Award […]