As Austin Grows, So Does the Risk of Flood

Forget the 100-year storms. City flooding happens all the time, often right in your backyard.

"...Austinites remember the big floods – the expanding, treacherous storms..."

April 21, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Austin @ Large: Triangle, Full Circle

Seven glorious years later, and did we learn anything?

"...60,000-square-foot grocery store at the Triangle. Both the City Council and the state's ad hoc special board of review..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Wants More Housing Near Project Connect Stations

Bring on the trains

"...Changing Austin’s building rules to allow as much housing as possible..."

April 19, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

What's Behind the Delays at Austin's Airport and What's Being Done to Help

Lots of turbulence as airport rebounds from COVID lows

"...travelers to and from our city were delayed at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS), as they often are, but for..."

July 8, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Energy's Quest to Bring Solar Power to Renters and the Less Wealthy

What can new incentive programs and community solar projects do for the city's most abundant energy source?

"...than if you set your gaze to the east. Austin Energy's solar incentive program has made great strides recruiting..."

Nov. 24, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Near Misses at Austin Airport Stem From Nationwide Issues

Controller scheduling and staffing shortages have led to trouble at AUS

"...to the preponderance of near misses not just at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport but at airports around the country, due..."

Oct. 20, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Austin Bergstrom's Continuing Expansion

New terminal restores some 1950s glamour to the airport

"...it's chrome frames here and starburst patterns there. Even Austin-Bergstrom International Air­port is getting in on the act: Midcentury..."

May 5, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: All the King's Horses

Moving toward fairness on property taxes

"...city homestead exemption (Commissioner Ron Davis is lobbying City Council for a 20% exemption), and it's under consideration, but..."

July 25, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Which Way Will Austin Swing? Ninth Inning, 3 and 2

Home By the River

"...hailed the stadium as a rejuvenator for beleaguered Southeast Austin, many have questioned the location of the ballpark. Most..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

Nonprofits and the City's Quest for Affordable Housing

Helping usher Austin out of a quagmire of inequality

"...to combat the deepening housing shortage, the city of Austin adopted its Strategic Housing Blueprint, a 39-page plan outlining..."

July 14, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Cross Creek Evictions Retracted

Tenants' efforts to organize prove successful

"...$16 million in private activity loans approved by the Austin Housing Finance Corporation to renovate the complex, but the..."

July 8, 2016 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Then There's This: Consumer Report

What apartment tenants should know before they sign a lease

"...this year, local housing and consumer advocates fear that Austin Energy has already taken too long to get the..."

June 8, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Then There's This: Through the Roof

Cost of living in Austin is 'Out of Reach' for most renters

"...working people confirms what most of us already know: Austin, we have an affordability problem...."

March 23, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Leave No Fingerprints

Council’s last 2015 meeting looks both ways before crossing

"...Heading into Dec. 17’s City Council meeting – the last of 2015 – it at..."

Dec. 22, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Landlords Sue to Block Section 8 Renters

Austin Apartment Association fights Council's ban on source-of-income discrimination

"...to fair-housing advocates and low-income citizens, last Thursday City Council unanimously passed (on third and final reading) an ordinance..."

Dec. 19, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

All This and Beer Too

Rumors of City Hall intrigue – and everybody goes home early

"...Last week’s City Council meeting began mysteriously, with postponements due to the absence..."

April 21, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Here Today, There Tomorrow

Austin ISD Schools grapple with high student turnover – and all its consequences

"...Among the many challenges facing Austin schools, outdated address lists may not seem like a..."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Spotting the Rare Cheap Rental

The history and habits of a not-quite-extinct-yet Austin species

"...will be one less great cheap rental house in Austin...."

June 25, 2004 News Feature by Michael Erard

(Not) For Rent

With hopes of protection for Section 8 renters dashed, city takes steps to help

"...make do with a two-story apartment in far South Austin, facing uncomfortable daily trips from her bedroom upstairs to..."

Sept. 4, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...City Council last week gave Matt Kreisle's Heritage Society a $90,000..."

Dec. 26, 1997 News Feature

A Structural Problem

Family fights eviction from Georgian Acres apartment

"...Georgian Acres is not yet a fashionable part of Austin. But for Rocio Aguilar, her husband Yeyn, and their..."

April 15, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Leaks Plague South Shore Residents

"...behest of developers should be more seriously questioned by Austin's City Council. "It's the tail wagging the dog," she..."

May 6, 2016 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

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

Sparks Upholds Fair Housing Ordinance

Judge rules against landlords on discrimination

"...Judge Sam Sparks – who charged the city of Austin with "bullying" property owners during a late January court..."

March 6, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Sparks Flares Over City's SOI Ordinance

Court hearing on anti-discrimination ordinance goes poorly for city

"...The "source of income" rule, enacted by City Council in December and scheduled to take effect this month,..."

Jan. 30, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, April 29-May 5

"...CITY COUNCIL ventures far from the dais this week to bring..."

April 29, 2011 News Column

Wal-Mart Smiley Face Eats a South-Side Trailer Park

The newest bad big-box project prepares to displace poor people on Slaughter Lane.

"...the law," Bruce Rodenborn, a housing counselor with the Austin Tenants Council, said earlier this week. The law, which..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

No Place Like Home

All Belinda Acosta wanted was a roof over her head that wouldn't explode into flames. Little did she know that jumping into the Austin housing market is like jumping from the frying pan into the fire.

"...doesn't take much to find an apartment hunter in Austin with a tale of woe: Ballooning rents, application fees,..."

July 28, 2000 Features Feature by Belinda Acosta

Chronicle Endorsements

Dec. 11 Run-off Election; Early Voting Nov. 29-Dec. 7

"...follow. For more information, visit our Elections page at austinchronicle.com/elections...."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Rosewood Courts Historic-Zoning Talks Continue

Future uncertain for the first African-American public housing complex in the country

"...slowly, residents learned during a community meeting in East Austin last week...."

May 6, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

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