Four25 San Pedro uses its walkable location to link affordable housing with reliable public transit, improving access to jobs, healthcare, and education while fostering support, connection, and independence. The City’s Urban Renewal Agency acquired a former tire shop along a busy transit corridor in 2022 with bond funding. The development faced state regulatory hurdles, neighborhood skepticism, and post‑COVID market turbulence. Its funding combines City bond dollars, federal tax credits, Opportunity Home project‑based vouchers, institutional investment, and a San Antonio Housing Trust property tax exemption.

Following community input favoring family‑centered supportive housing, Four25 provides 80 apartments affordable to households at or below 60% of area median income, including 25 permanent supportive units for families transitioning out of homelessness, with on‑site wraparound services from SAMMinistries. Developed by the City of San Antonio, Franklin Development, the San Antonio Housing Trust, and SAMMinistries, Four25 sits just north of downtown along VIA Metropolitan Transit’s future Green Line rapid route.

Special Design Features

The building layout prioritizes 24-hour security for residents in an urban area, with secure-access onsite parking visible to the street through a trellis enclosure. Its San Pedro Avenue façade reflects the downtown address while the courtyard side mirrors the local historic neighborhood. Units feature efficient floor plans, generous windows, balconies, full kitchens, and ensuite washer/dryers, with balcony access providing secure outdoor space. Two private recreational areas off the second floor serve different uses—one for active movement and play, the other for raised-bed gardening and quiet activity—while two community rooms are comfortably outfitted for small groups. A fitness area offers 24-hour access and large-window views. Developed landscaping around the building perimeter creates a visual buffer zone, and on-site bike storage is available.

Support Services

• On-site case management
• Resident food pantry
• Physical and mental health resources and referrals
• Employment assistance
• Education enrollment support
• Life stabilization coaching
• Partnership with opportunity home San Antonio for PSH households
• Social services resource on-site
• Police substation on ground floor