AUSTIN (KXAN)—Santa Rita Courts, one of the oldest public housing properties in the county, is about to undergo a multimillion-dollar redevelopment project.
The east Austin property will be transformed after more than 80 years, thanks to the city of Austin’s Housing Authority. It won a major tax credit last week, securing between $16-17 million to make this possible.
It came after input, and feedback from residents who live there. Lupe Garcia helped lead those discussions as the president of the Housing Authority’s east Austin Resident Council.
“I knew that they [the Housing Authority] were going to fight for us,” Garcia said. “Now we get to look like everybody else. We’re not going to be any different.”…