Redevelopment pressures are closing in on the mostly Latino West Side, and neighbors are working to keep it affordable for some of the city’s poorest residents. SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX WestSide Gentrification Texas HousingCrisis
But they are also part of a broader affordability effort that in some ways is only now catching up to how history has treated residents of the West Side.
The work of growing the city, and adding a variety of housing, must keep in mind the families already living in established neighborhoods, said Veronica Garcia, the director of the city’s Neighborhood and Housing Services Department. Tucked behind the iron bars of one window is a white sign with black block letters announcing what’s become a rallying call for some locals — “Mi Barrio No Se Vende,” My Neighborhood Is Not For Sale.
So when it began to seem like houses in the near West Side’s small boundaries were coming down every week, residents began to worry.
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