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San Antonio staff outline $16.7M gap-funding RFPs, push for deeper affordability and transit priority
Summary
City staff proposed two gap-funding RFPs — $14.4M for rental production/rehab and $2.3M for homeownership — prioritizing at least 15% of units at 30% AMI, transit proximity and universal design. Council debated scoring discretion and a pilot rubric to reward deeper affordability.
City of San Antonio staff on Nov. 2 presented the pre-solicitation plan for two gap-funding requests for proposals aimed at preserving and producing affordable housing and expanding homeownership.
Veronica Garcia, director of Neighborhood and Housing Services, told the City Council the round will make $16,700,000 available in bond and federal funds: $14,400,000 for rental production/rehab (including $10,000,000 in 2022 bond funds and $4,400,000 in federal HOME/CDBG dollars) and about $2,300,000 in CDBG for homeownership production. The RFP will open Dec. 2 and remain active through Jan. 16, with funding recommendations expected to return to Council for award consideration in April 2026.
Garcia said the rental solicitation will combine new production and rehabilitation into a single application and require that projects include at least 15% of units affordable to households at 30% of area median income (AMI) or below — roughly $26,000 for a family of three in San Antonio — as a minimum threshold. "Gap funding supports both the creation…
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