Density Bonus

Key issues

"...National models recommend that the density-bonus program should support the goals identified in a city's..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

City Hall Hustle: CURE-ing the Density Bonus Gridlock

Planning Commission wants more time to sort out public benefits

"...policy permutations are task-force-tweaked and stakeholder-scrutinized, the Downtown Austin Plan's lag time is a little stunning: City Council called..."

Jan. 22, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Density Bonus Program 'Interim' No More

Council takes wait-and-see approach

"...After five years, the city of Austin's "interim density bonus program" – essentially voluntary for developers – is..."

July 5, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

Bonus Points for Affordability

One council member hopes to ensure bonus program developers are building affordable housing on-site

"...One such resource, the city's density bonus program (DBP) – crafted in part to widen..."

Oct. 2, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

City Hall Hustle: What Price Density?

Council tries to find an economic balance for dense development and its public costs

"...all fall into winter: adoption of the Downtown Austin Plan, and more specifically, wrangling over that plan's Density Bonus..."

Dec. 9, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Council: Passes Corridor Plan, Kills CURE

Council paves the way for a new urban makeover of the strip east of I-35

"...Rest assured, though, that the East Riverside Corridor Regulating Plan secured final approval (despite incorrect reporting on this end..."

May 17, 2013 News Feature by Amy Smith

Developing Stories: May's Plan-a-Thon

Public meetings on Downtown plans produce mixed – or uncertain – results

"...On the urban design, master planning, and parks circuit, May has been a public-meetings whirl..."

May 29, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

The Latest in Density Bonuses: New Teeth

"...In December 2011, City Council passed the Downtown Austin Plan, intended to act as a guide for future Downtown..."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

The Downtown Austin Plan

The city unveils its Downtown Plan in progress

"...That core question informs the Downtown Austin Plan, commissioned by the city and now being executed by..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Housing Plan, Stadium Vote in Council Spotlight

Still to come this spring: child-friendly policy, land use code reboot

"...resolution to create the framework for a new, citywide density bonus program, which he envisions will allow affordable housing..."

Feb. 22, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Downtown Austin Plan: Why Do It?

At least three council members question cost

"...of economic gloom and city budget-slashing, the Downtown Austin Plan was almost a casualty last week. When City Council..."

March 20, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Downtown Plan: Town Hall Meeting Tonight

Density Bonus and Affordable Housing Plan

"...Don't miss the Downtown Austin Plan Density Bonus and Affordable Housing Public Town Hall Meeting..."

May 18, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

City Hall Hustle: Sounds like a Plan ... of the Plan ... for the Plan, or ...

A budget's work is never done

"...The marathon planning and calculating sessions that engulfed the entirety of the..."

Sept. 25, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

In-Comprehensible? ANC Balks at Comp Plan.

ANC fears Imagine Austin will unravel neighborhood planning efforts

"...The Austin Comprehensive Plan is well into its third phase of public input,..."

Dec. 3, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Finding the Sweet Spot

For Austin's 'density bonus' development program – what's on our wish list?

"...That negotiation lies at the heart of a planning tool known as a "density bonus," used by cities..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

TDH: 8/31/11

No CURE for disagreement over Downtown zoning?

"...council didn’t do: take any action on the Downtown Plan, which was punted to October 6. The biggest concern..."

Aug. 31, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

A Dense Discussion

Downtown density debate to unfold on dais tomorrow

"...post - is the re-re-return of the Downtown Austin Plan. And we got a preview of philosophical disagreement over..."

Dec. 7, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Zone Defense

City clears the way for Gables Residential and Hotel ZaZa

"...The Downtown Austin Plan should have relieved some of that mutual pressure. Approved..."

March 22, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

City Hall Hustle: Downtown CUREs

Epic Downtown plan continues, and the devil's always in the zoning details

"...Waller, Austin's inaugural mayor, laid out his famed "Waller Plan" – the grid system that forms Austin's Downtown core..."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Mixed Use, Mixed Emotions

An anniversary review of Austin's vertical mixed-use program discovers a range of responses to density, change, and planning

"...Austin embarked on a complex experiment in populist urban planning known as "VMU." That's "vertical mixed-use," a new zoning..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Affordable Housing With CodeNEXT

Also starring the People's Plan and Housing Justice Agenda

"...multiplier program" via tax abatements to deepen affordability of density bonus program units;..."

April 13, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Public Notice: Homes for the Holidays?

Housing Blueprint Gets an Implementation Plan

"...press, the city has just released the draft Implementation Plan for the first Austin Strategic Housing Blueprint, a vision..."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Beside the Point: Planning What's Affordable

The Downtown Austin Plan comes lumbering toward its official adoption

"...Hustle anticipated) the long-awaited and much delayed Downtown Austin Plan. After several hours of discussion, council tweaked the plan..."

Nov. 11, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Plaza Saltillo’s Affordable Habitat

Habitat for Humanity in line for new density bonuses at two Fourth Street addresses

"...City Council last week amended the development's existing regulating plan to include additional density bonuses. Habitat recently acquired 1409..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Calling All Citizens

The Comprehensive Plan and the waterfront need engaged Austinites

"...the first challenge in crafting the city's new Comprehensive Plan. At its July 23 meeting, City Council authorized a..."

July 31, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Inching Toward Higher Heights to Get More Housing

Advocates for low-income tenants urge a go-slow approach

"...were deep anxieties about expanding the Vertical Mixed Use density bonus program, designed to create affordable housing on Austin’s..."

June 13, 2022 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

Council Moves Gently on Riverside Redevelopment

Preliminary approval given to the 97-acre mixed-use plan for 4700 Riverside

"...Armbrust & Brown attorney Michael Whellan talked up a planned relocation package to help displaced tenants pay moving expenses..."

Aug. 16, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Council: Park It Here

Land use, parking, and Ron Oliveira: what else is there?

"...Tovo and Morrison to codify into ordinance the Downtown Density Bonus Plan, adopted in 2011 as part of the..."

March 18, 2013 News Post by Michael King

The Daily Hustle: 5/25/10

Cab compromise driven to council

"...The Planning Commission meets in council chambers at 6pm. Along with..."

May 25, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Tovo and Casar Unfiltered on CodeNEXT

The Council members' full conversation with the Chronicle

"...or 2014 (I’ve forgotten which). It looked at neighborhood planning areas pretty closely, and released a 25-page report looking..."

Sept. 14, 2017 News Post by Nick Barbaro

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