Mission Affordable

Send us a textThere are 600 families in San Antonio with housing vouchers but no housing units to use them on. In this episode, Michael Reyes, Acting CEO of Opportunity Home, San Antonio's public housing authority, talks about the need for more landlords who accept housing vouchers and what the process is like for those interested. He also dispels a few common myths about public ho

Send us a textThe San Antonio Housing Trust is one of our city's best tools to increase affordable housing production. As Pete Alanis, Executive Director of the San Antonio Housing Trust, explains, it has several sides to it, all aimed at putting more units on the ground, whether through its own emerging developer capacity or by partnering with local developers. He dives deep into

Send us a textJohn Cooley of Terramark Urban Homes talks about how they have navigated the local codes and affordable housing incentive programs to introduce more affordable homeownership in older neighborhoods through townhome development. He talks about adapting to a shifting market by exploring the rent to own model, and then talks about two of their recent projects, both of whi

Send us a textPeggy Brimhall, a local developer in San Antonio, shares her journey into development and her experience with infill projects. She started off in finance and majored in architecture before venturing into development. Her first project was a four-unit townhome in Historic Government Hill, which she saw as an opportunity to improve the neighborhood. She faced challenges

Send us a textIn this episode, my guest, Mark Carmona, San Antonio's Chief Housing Officer, talks about his role and the current housing challenges in San Antonio. We discuss the need for coordination among different housing organizations and developers and the importance of a housing continuum that includes affordable rental homes, homeownership, and permanent supportive housing.

Send us a textWelcome to the Mission Affordable Podcast! In this inaugural episode, I introduce the purpose of the Mission Affordable Podcast which is to create more small developers who can develop missing middle housing on vacant lots. I also share my background and what motivated me to launch it, and the impact I hope it can make toward increasing affordability in San Antonio, T