The vote before a standing-room-only chamber came after neighborhood opposition slowed the South Side permanent supportive housing project.
It's our privilege to produce journalism that fosters democracy this election year, but we can't do it alone. Will you contribute today to helpBexar County commissioners approved a nearly $4 million allocation that will allow an apartment complex to be built in the South Side to provide permanent supportive housing.
The county had set aside a portion of its federal coronavirus relief funds for the project, called The Commons at Acequia Trails, “Everything is coming together with a timeline that was already agreed upon with the city, which would require the county funding to be approved this month,” said Ian Benavidez, deputy director of the city’s Neighborhood and Housing Services Department.
That agreement requires only Sakai’s signature to be finalized. The county judge called for another briefing on the financial terms during the court’s next meeting on March 26.
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