Deep in the Heart of South Central Texas, NeighborWorks
Organizations Respond Creatively to Housing Demand
Articles
excerpted from the Fall 2003 issue of NeighborWorks bright ideas
Stories by Jean Byars, Janis K. Oppelt, Robin Bradford, and Catherine
A. Smith
Even with its colorful past and high-tech present, South Central
Texas has an increasing demand for low-income housing, particularly
among its large immigrant population. According to a recent HUD
report, "There is less than one subsidized housing unit
in Texas for every five families who qualify for and need subsidized
housing."
NeighborWorks organizations throughout the state help to fulfill
this need. This issue of bright ideas focuses on central Texas
(the Hill Country), the areas known as the South Texas Plains
and the Valley in the far south. It highlights seven NeighborWorks
organizations in five cities: Austin, San Antonio, Carrizo Springs,
Laredo and Mission.
Housing Texans is a big job, but these organizations are making
impressive gains.
Deep in the Heart
of South Central Texas [PDF, 3.4MB]
Entire "state of the art" feature from NeighborWorks
bright ideas.
CEN-TEX’s Specialized Expertise
Complements Partner Banks [PDF, 238KB]
Walking into the offices of Walking into the offices of CEN-TEX
Certified Development Corporation in Austin is a lot like walking
into a bank or other lender – and not just by coincidence.
It’s the exact impression Rosa Rios Valdez had in mind when
she became executive director of the NeighborWorks organization
six years
ago.
Foundation
Communities Builds Outside the Box [PDF, 1.4MB]
With a mission of "creating housing where families succeed,"
Foundation Communities, a NeighborWorks organization in Austin,
is an unlikely creator of the city’s first single-room occupancy
(SRO) project – permanent supportive housing for homeless
and low-income single adults.
New Alamo Area MHA Center to Serve
Larger Community [PDF, 639KB]
The Alamo Area Mutual Housing Association (AAMHA), a NeighborWorks
organization in San Antonio, included a signature learning center
in its newly completed 72-unit Babcock North Fourplexes II.
NHS of San
Antonio: Creative Partnerships Help Build Affordable Homes
[PDF, 738KB]
Over the past eight years, the NHS, with partner involvement,
has built more than 300 homes.
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