AGENDA - San Antonio Housing Authority

TRANSFORMATION PLANEASTSIDE CHOICE NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSFORMATION PLANas Merced Housing and NeighborhoodHousing Services will make a concertedeffort to recruit qualifying homeownersin the target area. Choice Neighborhoodswill employ an outreach/housingspecialist that will be based in thecommunity to befriend homeowners andeducate them about the available programs.In addition to these efforts, SAHAwill set aside Choice Neighborhoods“Critical Community Improvement”dollars to assist interested homeownerswho may not qualify through the currentowner occupied rehabilitation programs,but are in dire need of these services.Choice Neighborhoods has taken thisrehab housing initiative one step furtherby partnering with St. Philips College andGeorge Gervin’s YouthBuild program toprovide construction training to adultsand students. This training cohort willprepare residents living within the ChoiceNeighborhood, to take advantage ofsingle-family rehab and multi-family newconstruction employment opportunities.• Neighborhood Amenities Connected toHousing Initiative:> A two-acre park will be formed betweenHays and Arthur, with greenspace and a community garden,picnic areas, playgrounds and otheramenities. The senior building willfront on this park, framing the streetand defining the edges of the park,while also providing eyes on the park.The Transformation Plan proposes therehabilitation of 10 single-family unitsper year resulting in 50 rehabilitatedhomes by the end of the grant period.A major new neighborhood amenity will be a community center planned along Walters Street.56