Housing group saves historic home, adds new affordable apartments [Video]

SAN ANTONIO — In an ironic but joyous development after five years of dedicated advocacy, the site of a former family funeral home is springing back to life in the heart of west San Antonio. 

A one-acre parcel that was once home to the Memorial Funeral Home on El Paso Street is being transformed into a brand new affordable housing venture that 30 families will soon call home.  

In a nod to the site’s rich history, the name of the project is Memorial Apartments. Leaders with San Antonio Alternative Housing Corporation say the cooperation and guidance of its former owners, the Zamarripa family, was a key component in helping to realize the dream of safe, dignified housing.

Keith Newcom, the executive director of the group, has overseen an effort to save the family’s home, which occupied the space for more than 100 years.

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