San Antonio City Council unanimously approved Thursday another 14 affordable housing projects that will receive $32.1 million from the local housing bond and some federal grants.

The funding will be used toward building or rehabilitating more than 2,100 housing units in the coming years, officials have said. Though not discussed at Thursday’s council meeting, the projects were presented to City Council last month, where they received sweeping support.

They were selected through a competitive bidding process and include six new “shovel-ready” affordable housing apartment projects, five apartment rehabilitation projects and three homeownership projects.

A citizen-led committee last year developed spending guidelines for the $150 million, voter-approved housing bond to prioritize San Antonio’s most vulnerable, cost-burdened and low-income populations.

The bond also was crafted under the guidelines contained in the city’s 2021 housing plan, which identified the need for building or preserving over 28,000 affordable housing units over the next 10 years. 

This is the third batch of housing bond money and federal funding to be allocated. The first $44 million batch, which also included apartment construction and homeownership opportunities, was awarded in December. The second was approved last month and partially funded three different permanent supportive housing projects for people experiencing homelessness.

More than $15 million remains unallocated from the housing bond. That funding will be used to fund other ways of expanding affordable housing, such as land trusts or an incentive package for homeowners to build accessory dwelling units, city officials have said.

Those proposals or programs also would be subject to council approval.