CodeNEXT’s New Friend, the Strategic Mobility Plan

Plans can’t be made in silos

"...It's been a busy week for the city's Planning Commission: a special called CodeNEXT meeting last Thursday, plus..."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Council Proposes “Austin Affordability Action Plan”

Looking for ways to balance the budget

"...recommendations, and ordinances necessary to finalize and implement the Austin Affordability Action Plan" itemized in the resolution. As drafted..."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Austin Climate Protection Plan Year One Highlights

A progress report on Austin's war on global warming

"...status of its initiatives. Download the report here. MUNICIPAL PLAN..."

April 18, 2008 News Feature

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

Council: Mucho Housing Needed

Council braces for the next big number crunch

"...a public hearing on the proposed adoption of the Austin Strategic Housing Plan. Erica Leak, manager for planning in..."

March 31, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: The Mayor’s Tightrope

Tip-toeing our way toward a consensus on housing supply

"...City Council meeting featured a briefing on the city's Strategic Housing Plan, currently in draft form and returning to..."

March 31, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Planning Commission Leaders Step Down to Chart Housing Waters

Conor Kenny and Fayez Kazi look to bring more affordable housing to Austin

"...The top two leaders of the city's Planning Commission – Chair Conor Kenny and Vice Chair Fayez..."

Sept. 4, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Point Austin: Prisoners of Success

The ever-elusive Austin determination to "manage growth"

"...In the spirit of Mayor Steve Adler's "Austin Everybody Chill Out Day," I'm going to set aside..."

April 21, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Public Notice: Housing Bubbles in the Air

Conjuring affordable housing from thin air

"...The City's Planning Commission chewed over the proposed Austin Strategic Housing Plan..."

March 31, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Housing Affordability Is Heavily Imbalanced Across Races, Report Finds

Housing shortage is greater for Black Austinites

"...It's no secret that affordable housing is in short supply for Austinites. But a new..."

Nov. 24, 2023 News Feature by Mae Lackey

Public Notice: More and Cheaper Housing

Demographer's report offers new perspectives

"...letter on Tuesday to City Council, and to city Planning and Housing staff, saying that he's examined the city's..."

April 14, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Cool Austin, Cool Planet

This Earth Day, the ambitious Austin Climate Protection Plan celebrates a first year of slow, quiet, but impressive progress

"...than a year – do you know where your Austin Climate Protection Plan is?..."

April 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin's Land Use Debate Returns to the Spotlight

A new draft code has risen out of CodeNEXT's ashes

"...heart of the whole debate – how much new housing should be built in and near established neighborhoods –..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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

Austin Moves Up Target Date for Net-Zero Emissions Goal

City emphasizes equity as it ramps up climate action

"...City Council is set to adopt a Climate Equity Plan today, Sept. 30, that would move up the target..."

Oct. 1, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Rebooted City Council Gets a New Chance to Fix Austin

10-1, take two

"...When the brand-new 10-1 Austin City Council took office in 2015 with a grand..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

City Council to Tweak Compatibility Rules Amid Housing Crisis

Can a change help stem rising housing and rent costs?

"...How shall we quantify Austin's historic housing crisis today, readers?..."

June 10, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Falls Behind on Housing Goals

Housing for Austin’s poorest residents in short supply

"...Two recently released scorecards measuring progress on affordable housing show that the city continues to fall short of..."

Jan. 29, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin City Council Shows Surprising Interest in Upzoning

Mayor throws a curveball in advance of Monday's new Land Development Code revision report

"...City Council met Monday, Nov. 18, to discuss the..."

Nov. 22, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin City Council v. Climate Change

City Hall backs resilience, electric vehicles

"...the Land Development Code rewrite) and a citywide transportation plan that prioritizes transit and walking/biking over driving a car..."

May 17, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Sounds Like a Plan … or Three

City Council hears reports on Merck, racism, and housing

"...City Council adjourned at the fairly miraculous hour of..."

April 10, 2017 News Post by Michael King

CodeNEXT Wrecks Austin

Or did Austin wreck CodeNEXT?

"...the "compact and connected" city idealized in the Imagine Austin comprehensive plan. But CodeNEXT is not the code itself...."

May 25, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Austin at Large: Your House Is Our House

Reconnecting to a vision of an Austin where everyone can live, despite our failures

"...oldest and dearest family friends, decades after moving to Austin, is now finally taking an interest in city politics..."

Sept. 24, 2021 News Column 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," as..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Austin At Large: Say Farewell to Greg Guernsey

An exit interview with Austin’s longtime planning chief

"...– that I'm leaving," says Greg Guernsey, director of Austin's Planning and Zoning Department since 2006 and a city-staff..."

July 12, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Imagine Austin Five Years Later

Progress report details wins, losses, path forward for 30-year plan

"...Imagine Austin, the city’s comprehensive 30-year plan for an inclusive, safe,..."

Oct. 9, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Point Austin: Race Matters

The Mayor’s Task Force on racism provides a lengthy to-do list

"...appointed in November as one response to two high-profile Austin Police Department incidents: the 2016 fatal shooting of unarmed..."

April 7, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Austin Looks for Routes Out of Its Homelessness Crisis

Under pressure, the city experiments with fast and sustainable strategies

"...For more than a year, the city of Austin, its social service partners, and primary and behavioral care..."

July 9, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Housing Blueprint: Making New Plans

Life beyond CodeNEXT

"...The city's Neighborhood Housing and Community Development department is deciding how to best..."

Oct. 12, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Austin at Large: Does Austin Need SF Zoning?

Or is this status quo protection already obsolete in the City That Never Shrinks?

"...If you've been following my thinking-out-loud about housing in this space, you already know most of my..."

Oct. 8, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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