We've set a goal to raise $90,000 by Dec. 31 and we need your help to do it. Your support during our year-end campaign will help power our independent reporting in 2025 and beyond.Plans to develop this vacant lot on Culebra Road into low-income housing for seniors stalled as a state board denied a funding appeal Thursday.A $20 million tax credit equity deal slated to help developers build affordable housing in San Antonio has evaporated.
Councilmembers Marc Whyte and Melissa Cabello Havrda — who voted against the original Vista Park project — attended the TDHCA board meeting in Austin to advocate for the Culebra Apartments’ appeal. “The project was shovel-ready but for the supermajority zoning decision,” she said. “If we had made the decision to rezone the project in the first place, we would be breaking ground right now.” Last month, TDHCA staff posted a report online that Culebra was financially feasible and could, therefore, receive the tax credit award, Campbell said.
The board, except for Anna Maria Farias, disagreed. Most members felt that allowing an exception in this case would be unfair to other rejected developers.