AGENDA - San Antonio Housing Authority

TRANSFORMATION PLANEASTSIDE CHOICE NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSFORMATION PLANThe Transformation Plan for the San AntonioEastside Choice Neighborhood ImplementationProject was developed in considerationof these findings and includes multiplestrategies to address significant Eastsidedisinvestment patterns. In the short-term,SAHA and MBS will increase the inventory ofrental and affordable housing (aligning withand supporting Wheatley Courts redevelopment)with the development of Sutton OaksII. This second phase of the highly successfulSutton Oaks project will bring online 208public housing, affordable and market rateapartments by 2013. In the longer term,SAHA and the City of San Antonio have partneredwith Neighborhood Housing Servicesand Merced Housing to renovate publiclyowned vacant houses that are structurallysound, subsequently selling or leasing themto eligible families; $250,000 in Choicefunding has been dedicated to this effort.Also, SAHA has executed a Memorandumof Understanding with the City to acquirepublicly-owned vacant lots for constructionof single-family houses, duplexes and fourplexes.This strategy will increase owner-occupiedunits by 10% over the next 5 years.Also, lots will be repurposed for CommunityGardens where appropriate.The Neighborhood Transformation buildsupon the sound pedestrian-scaled blocknetwork by making streets “complete” withthe basic walkable infrastructure they typicallylack: continuous, accessible sidewalksand crosswalks enabling visibility; improvedlighting and drainage; and the active addressesof homes and neighborhood-orientedservices.44