AISD Moves Toward Affordable Child Care in Old Pease Campus

Plus other news from their latest meeting

"...Trustees wore matching Pride shirts at their March 23 meeting to show that the district supports these students unequivocally...."

March 31, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Council Recap: Too Little Affordable Housing, or Too Much?

Two Southeast projects divide dais; APD’s state grants OK’d

"...At its Aug. 27 meeting, City Council approved several state grants to the Austin..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

“Attainable” Tiny Homes, RVs Will Be More Widely Allowed in Austin

In backyards, no less

"...she calls “attainable” housing in Austin – rather than affordable – with passage of a resolution that would allow..."

Sept. 19, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Tenants of Affordable Complex Face Mold, Pests, and Raising Rent

Rainey Management raises rent despite unsafe conditions

"...For months, tenants at the affordable Palms on Lamar apartment complex say they have been..."

Oct. 3, 2023 News Post by Maya Wright

Dougherty Arts Center Relocation OK'd and Affordable Housing Program Gets Pushed Through at Council

And more notes from the May 9 City Council meeting

"...Affordable housing, climate change, and the Dougherty Arts Center took..."

May 10, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Council: Too Little Affordable Housing, or Too Much?

Two southeast projects divide dais; APD's state grants OK'd

"...At its Aug. 27 meeting, City Council voted to accept several state grants to..."

Sept. 4, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Young Parents, UT Students Support Zoning Changes at Historic Meeting

The renting generations

"...At the first-ever joint meeting of the Planning Commission and City Council last Thursday,..."

Nov. 3, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Council: Members Spar on Affordable Housing, Meaning of Compassion

"...dais, City Council passed measures during its April 7 meeting related to affordable housing, ground transportation chauffeurs, excessive water..."

April 15, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Affordable Housing and How to Get More Keeps Council Busy

What happened last week and what's on this week's Council agenda

"...through loud and clear at City Council's June 9 meeting were deep anxieties about expanding the vertical mixed-use density..."

June 17, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Public Notice: Homes for the Holidays?

Housing Blueprint Gets an Implementation Plan

"...action steps, short-term priorities, and geographically specific goals for meeting Austin's housing needs."..."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

It’s Baker Center, Not Baker Homes

What’s 25% of zero? To the Alamo Drafthouse, still zero.

"...Alamo, asserted that the company hadn't necessarily promised that affordable housing would be built on the Hyde Park site..."

March 23, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Council’s Back! Housing Highlights Mammoth Meeting

The return marks the first in-person meeting at City Hall in more than a year

"...29, from its annual summer break for its first meeting since June 10 – and its first in-­person meeting..."

July 30, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Mueller vs. TCAD: No Room for Affordability?

TCAD attorney says Mueller is placing blame on appraisal board

"...reconsiders, it will be $378,000, although Rector, under her affordable housing agreement with the Mueller Foundation, could never realize..."

Nov. 6, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Mueller Makes Plea to TCAD Board

Affordable homes program threatened by spiking appraisals

"...District Monday, to plead that TCAD has incorrectly appraised affordable home values in the northeast Austin development. The appraisers..."

Nov. 3, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Who’s in the Pilot House?

Backlash against affordable housing deal spurs mayoral response

"...city’s Pilot Knob PUD deal, initially declared “a landmark affordable housing deal” by the mayor and District 2 Council..."

Feb. 9, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Public Notice

"...your own home? Think again, then come to the Affordable Homes Meeting either tonight, Thu, Jan 28, 6pm, or..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

There Goes the Neighborhood

Council digs into short-term rentals this week

"...Enticed by the colorful murals, neighborhood pride, and affordable homes, Kristen Hotopp bought a house on Garden Street..."

Aug. 11, 2015 News Post by Natalia Ciolko

Under One Roof

Can the City Make Good on Its Affordable Housing Promise?

"...Isn't it about time we discarded this term "affordable housing"? Raise your hand if you think your rent..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

The Downtown Austin Plan

The city unveils its Downtown Plan in progress

"...publicly unveiled on Wednesday, Jan. 9, at a joint meeting of the Planning, Design, and Downtown commissions. Now it's..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Getting to Yes

The Travis Central Appraisal District and the Mueller Foundation settle tax appraisal dispute

"...have resolved their dispute over property tax appraisals of homes included in the Mueller neighborhood development's Affordable Homes Program...."

July 15, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Correspondence: Charles Urdy and Michael King

An exchange of letters on the ARA, affordable housing, and related matters

"...Archer. It is about the huge unmet need for affordable housing, who is responsible for providing that housing and..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Column

“Affordability Unlocked” With More Density, Casar Hopes

Proposal aims to make the city's money go farther by making projects larger

"...it easier for developers to create more units in affordable and mixed-income projects, both for rent and for sale,..."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin's Disappearing Mobile Home Communities

Redeveloping a manufactured housing park isn’t the only way its new owner can turn a profit

"...Not all affordable housing is created equal. Mobile homes, or "manufactured homes,"..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Council Poised to Pass Three Housing Supply-Friendly Items

The most controversial would allow larger apartment complexes near single-family homes

"...Austin's outdated Land Development Code, but at their final meeting before taking a six-week break in voting sessions, they're..."

June 9, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...for its "very dismal" record in the area of accessible/affordable housing available to disabled persons...."

Aug. 22, 1997 News Feature

Council Watch

Blaming the Victim

"...The narcotic effects of some councilmeetings are well known, but it's unlikely they could zonk..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Column

Point Austin: A Tale of Two Crises

The question before Council has apparently become, not how much affordability can we afford, but "who's paying?"

"...you should get a full reprise at today's Council meeting (Feb. 11), along with some sense of how it..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Column

Affordability: Everywhere But Here

Council parses contracts, buys CD’s, and postpones housing

"...Last Thursday’s City Council meeting adjourned at the fairly unheard of hour of 5:30pm,..."

Aug. 8, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Naked City

"...legislative level, HCG urged commissioners at their June 3 meeting to terminate the contract and to pull the permit..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

"...Mitchell a rude awakening at the council's housing subcommittee meeting on August 8. Rallying against a proposal by recent..."

Aug. 18, 1995 News Feature

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