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Business & Development

San Antonio shotgun houses go from fixer-upper to quaint in city’s pilot home improvement project

by Shari Biediger January 21, 2025January 23, 2025

The city started with three shotgun houses for the pilot program and now two are nearly new again and ready to provide needed housing.

This “shotgun” house on the West Side is just one of 700 “shotgun” houses in San Antonio in need of major repair.

City Council OKs ordinance to reduce demolition of old homes, moves to save shotgun houses

by Shari Biediger September 8, 2022September 8, 2022

Homeowners Laura and Humberto Martinez stand in front of their rehabilitated home which was renovated through the District 5 Shotgun House Renovation Pilot Program.

With first shotgun house restored, Councilwoman Gonzales hopes to expand pilot program

by Polina Protozanova June 7, 2021June 7, 2021

Instead of being demolished, this tenant-occupied home at 1107 Guadalupe St. is being considered for the City of San Antonio's Shotgun House Rehabilitation Pilot Project.

Pilot program aims to save some of San Antonio’s smallest houses

by Iris Dimmick January 11, 2021January 16, 2021

A rendering of the 1990 Broadway structure as viewed from Broadway Street.

Business & Tech

Shotgun Homes Razed, Jefferson Bank Tower Gets Design Go-Ahead

by Shari Biediger May 1, 2019May 2, 2019