Mission Affordable
We can increase the affordability of cities by building more missing middle housing on vacant lots, but we need to train up more people to become small-scale, mission-oriented developers to go out and do it - people like you.
Podcasting since 2024 • 6 episodes
Mission Affordable
Latest Episodes
006 Working with Housing Voucher Tenants with Michael Reyes from Opportunity Home
There 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...
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Episode 6
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005 The San Antonio Housing Trust with Pete Alanis
The 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 ...
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Episode 5
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004 Inner City Townhome Development with John Cooley, Terramark Homes
John 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 ad...
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003 The Challenges of Small Development with Pegy Brimhall
Peggy 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 fou...
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002 The Housing Landscape in San Antonio with Mark Carmona, Chief Housing Officer
In 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 ...
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