housing affordability

Robert E. Lee Apartments tenants organized for over a year to keep their affordable apartments out of private hands where rents could have been increased by 2028.

Three new Texas bills clear away zoning and land use regulations that have stood in the way of housing development. But some say they aren’t sufficient on their own to increase the state’s housing supply and lower costs.

The San Antonio City Council discussed the departments' budgets ahead of the 2026 budget adoption in September.

The White House has proposed eliminating two major federal grant programs which provide tens of millions of dollars every year to San Antonio the city uses to support affordable housing.

The San Antonio Housing Trust Foundation's bid for the Robert E. Lee Apartments was accepted last month after tenants in the building organized to keep it from being sold to a private developer.

The 65-unit complex filled up within three weeks, the fastest of any such project in San Antonio.

Major real estate developer Weston Urban has put in a $4.35 million bid for the building, but the city's housing trust and local tenants say they are likely to submit competing bids.

The city council passed resolutions of support for the affordable housing projects. It will now be up to the state to decide which of the projects are awarded the tax credits that will enable their construction.

A likely fight over how much power to take away from local governments may dominate the debate.

A new breed of activists wants Texas to tame costs by building more housing. But longstanding opposition to such policies remains strong.