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BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS — The Housing Authority of the City of Brownsville has opened El Jardin, an affordable housing LIHTC adaptive reuse project that converted a historic hotel, built in 1927, into 44 units of rental housing. Income caps range from 50 to 60 percent of area median income. Before the project began, the hotel sat vacant for 40 years. It operated as a hotel until the 1980s. Amenities at the renovated property include a fitness center, community garden, a play area, communal kitchen, barbecue and fitness area, a business center and a courtyard. Funding for the redevelopment came, in part, in the form of a $1.1 million Affordable Housing Program grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas through member Texas Regional Bank.