Nonprofits and the City's Quest for Affordable Housing

Helping usher Austin out of a quagmire of inequality

"...as part of its effort to combat the deepening housing shortage, the city of Austin adopted its Strategic Housing..."

July 14, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Affordable Housing by the Numbers

Austin needs more housing to address homelessness

"...In the next decade, Austin needs 1,900 new units of housing – 350 of..."

March 5, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

What's Wrong with Public Housing?

The remarkable turnaround of the city's Housing Authority

"...Rita is not only the debut project of the Housing Authority of the city of Austin, it's the very..."

Aug. 31, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Breaking Down the Bonds

Affordable housing headlines, but there's plenty in the package

"...the major bond propositions, headlined by the $250 million affordable housing Prop A, which has thus far generated the..."

Sept. 7, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Housing Blueprint Strategery

City Council works Merck, Housing Plan, Austin Oaks PUD

"...The City of Austin now has a proposed incentives agreement with Merck &..."

April 17, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Eastside Housing Proposals Blow Up at Council

"That was crazy"

"...When City Council (acting as the Austin Housing Finance Corporation Board of Direc­tors) voted to award..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Housing Casts Shadows on Council's Preelection Agenda

The home stretch

"...reaffirm a city ordinance passed in 2014 that protects Austin residents from housing discrimination based on their source of..."

Oct. 30, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Point Austin: Our Neighbors' Keepers

More than one way to save a neighborhood

"...groundbreaking effort: the first "Com­mun­ity Land Trust" home in Austin and, according to its founders, the first such effort..."

June 22, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Who Benefits From a Reconnected Austin?

"..."value creation" touted as a benefit of the Reconnect Austin plan may have side effects, says Bo McCarver. McCarver..."

Jan. 31, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

A Path Toward Permanent Housing in North Austin

Council approves funding for Espero at Rutland

"...City Council has approved a combination of state housing tax credits, funding from the 2018 housing bond, and..."

Dec. 25, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Marshalling Funds for Supportive Housing

Council proposes community discussions on homelessness

"...take the next step toward funding the permanent supportive housing proposal for the Marshall Apart­ments in East Austin at..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Austin @ Large: Wheels Down

The Great Big Mueller Deal finally hits the runway

"...read the entire proposed master development agreement with Catellus Austin for the long-long-long-in-the-making Mueller project. (Trust me, you don't..."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

As the Region Booms, Farmers Struggle to Feed Austin Locally

As the region booms, farmers struggle to feed Austin locally

"...Texas boom. Their Green Gate Farms property in North­east Austin, which they've rented for 17 years, shrunk from 10..."

Feb. 24, 2023 News Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Dream Homes in East Austin?

"...in one of the most blighted sections of East Austin. Part of the federally funded Scattered Cooperative Infill Project..."

Aug. 15, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Point Austin: When a House Is Not a Home

Workers and homeowners seek justice from home builders

"...One sign that the housing market is still in pretty bad shape is that..."

Dec. 11, 2009 News Column by Michael King

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

Developing Stories: Pioneering at Mueller

Urban trailblazers aren't just settling Downtown

"...Mueller – the new community on the site of Austin's former municipal airport – could offer an affordable abode..."

March 23, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Looking for Cheap Dirt

Trying to make housing 'affordable' has a whole lot to do with the facts on the ground

"...of it – and that's why local discussions of affordable housing so quickly turn dirty...."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Govalle Neighbors Rally to Save Pecan Grove

City-owned property slated for affordable housing

"...Delgado, overseeing the city's redevelopment of the property for affordable housing, confirmed this week that the contractor had jumped..."

Feb. 22, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

No Room at the Complex

Renters scramble for housing as dirt churns on new condos

"...Like tens of thousands of my fellow Austinites, I'm still hanging pictures, cleaning up after the cable..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Council Watch

City lays out new housing program, Southpark Meadows goes for world-class venue, Zilker Neighborhood Association holds council candidates forum

"...The city's oft-stated commitment to affordable housing got some new teeth last week, with the..."

April 28, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Foundation Communities Pushing to Complete 1,000 Units in 5 Years

Housing nonprofit working on eight new properties throughout town

"...funding gap needed to enable construction of 1,000 new affordable housing units across eight properties, located throughout Austin, that..."

May 24, 2022 News Post by Austin Sanders

Naked City

Eastside activists confront developer over pricey new lofts

"...that our community can still live here in East Austin, to sustain and retain the people who have lived..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Diana Welch

Gov. Perry: Special Session Begins July 1

Lege to consider sunset, TxDOT bonds, and TxDOT authority

"...AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry today announced that a special..."

June 25, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Hard Luck in Heritage Heights

Renters in Eastside housing project feel misled, misused by the city.

"...Deborah Thompson moved into East Austin's Heritage Heights subdivision in March 1994 with a vision..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature by Jessica Chapman

The Rent Rub

Working Poor Getting Stiffed on Housing Costs

"...Buckingham Estates home. photograph by Kevin Fullerton The South Austin duplex that Bill and Holly Skeen have called home..."

Aug. 21, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

New Council, New Thinking on Nuckols Crossing

Differences on the dais over a planned affordable senior housing property in District 2

"...At its March 25 meeting, Austin City Council once again encountered differences on the dais..."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The ARA Faces the Music

For the Austin Revitalization Authority, Eastside renewal proves to be a long, slow dance

"...she was a liberal Democrat and the mayor of Austin, Carole Keeton McClellan (now the conservative GOP state comptroller,..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

The 12th of Never

The dispute over one Eastside housing proposal reflects a larger Austin conflict

"...two nearby neighborhood associations are livid that a supportive housing proposal – including currently homeless people as potential candidates..."

Dec. 17, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

SCIPing Through Hoops

Council Stalls on SCIP II Housing Program

"...the Scattered Cooperative Infill Project (SCIP II) and the Austin Revitalization Authority (ARA) - into hand-to-hand combat. SCIP II,..."

April 17, 1998 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

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