Nonprofits and the City's Quest for Affordable Housing

Helping usher Austin out of a quagmire of inequality

"...Foundation has provided residents with support services like education programs, financial assistance, and access to health care. "The seed..."

July 14, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Follow the Money

City attempts to keep up with growing need for services

"...a living wage. Council allocates funding for job training programs as part of the Health and Human Services budget...."

Oct. 23, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Developing Stories: Private Projects, Public Benefits

Could developers become Austin's new benefactors?

"...toward a standard public-benefits policy – often called a "density bonus" – for developers who seek upzoning to build..."

April 6, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

City Hall Ready for Liftoff on New Land Use Rules

It's as easy as flood protection, affordability, parking, transition zones ...

"...in place, one will see over time more "gentle density" and "missing middle" housing – multifamily residential, and perhaps..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: CodeNextYear?

Reports, editorial, public all say CodeNOT

"...Aus­tin, the other from the city's own minority outreach program – both expressing concerns that, essentially, the proposed code's..."

May 4, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council Attitudes on Land-Use Change as Limits on Building Near Houses Are Eased

Council cuts compatibility with little opposition

"...the height-restricting compatibility rules. Before Council approved a different program last year modifying compatibility rules for Vertical Mixed Use..."

June 9, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

A Guide to Austin's Land Development Code Lingo

Know your zones

"...or in R4, by participating in the affordable housing bonus program. Aside from Rural Residential and Lake Austin (carried..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Feature

Land Development Code Zone Summary

Don't know your R1s from your MS2Bs? We break it down for you.

"...or in R4, through participation in the affordable housing bonus program. Aside from Rural Residential and Lake Austin (carried..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Feature

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...for the Downtown Austin Plan – on affordable housing and a density-bonus system to help pay for it – were presented..."

May 22, 2009 News Feature

Developing Stories: Concord – At Last

Up from the muck at Concordia

"...housing and parkland dedication – in exchange for granting "density bonuses" to a developer, as it would Downtown...."

March 30, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Public Notice: The Two Sides of “More Housing”

“More at all costs,” or “more that’s not costly”?

"...them are focused on expanding affordable housing construction through density bonus programs – allowing a denser development if some..."

June 9, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Developing Stories

The Heritage neighborhood suspects it's receiving political payback from the city manager

"...Given that the city also is actively encouraging increased density along major corridors in existing neighborhoods (through neighborhood plans..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Council's Got ... Talent?

At intermission, we talk to the headliners

"...other council members' offices: continuation of the business retention program and follow-up on the Congress Avenue retention program [i.e.,..."

July 13, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Council: Too Little Affordable Housing, or Too Much?

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

"...funding for victims services, the mental health first responders program, and processing evidence for sexual assault cases...."

Sept. 4, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Reaches Consensus on Mobility Bond

Adler's "Go Big" Baby

"...an additional public hearing on a tentative "tenant relocation" program (Item 94) for renters displaced from their homes for..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Still Biking After Midnight

With the EMS contract filed away, Council moves on to the South Lamar PUD

"...neighborhood caps, city inspections, and advertising). The still-contentious pilot program for 24-hour bike trails – under a cloud since..."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Urban Planning: A Roundup

How Austin is working toward getting better by design

"...completed neighborhood plans yet had no formal follow-up implementation program to address the needs, priorities, projects, and visions they..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Council Recap: Land Code Revision Advances to Final Round

Late-night second-reading vote features familiar 7-4 split

"...minority into the majority, but acknowledged, implicitly, that the pro-density bloc can pass the code without the minortiy’s support...."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Missed the Mark

"...Democrats regarding the related issues of CodeNEXT, affordability, and density [“Greg Anderson on Affordability,” News, July 14]. I believe..."

July 19, 2017 Postmarks

Public Notice: Good Change Is Good

Greg Casar’s affordable housing resolution

"...work session, proposes to create a new affordable housing bonus program, which would waive many key development standards (except..."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council Prepares for Round 2 of the Land Use Rewrite

Calm before the code

"...end of that range presumes the success of proposed density bonus programs – incentives for developers to create affordable..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Ho-Ho-Homegrown Holidays

Austin's independent "iconic" businesses hope we'll all put them on our list

"...AIBA's CLIC program is synergistic with city of Austin efforts to include..."

Dec. 8, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Mayor’s Race Offers Clear Choices on How Austin Should Grow

Election marks a critical juncture on the way to Austin's future

"...the LDC citywide in one vote to allow greater density by right in more places, it would require property..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Proposed Development Would Revive Austin Opera House but Faces Neighbor Opposition

200 Academy Drive: Big hit or last call?

"...not requesting upzoning the property, increasing height through a density bonus, or seeking any variances from code. This project..."

Jan. 21, 2022 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

Public Notice: Department of Unintended Consequences

Could the new land development code actually make Austin less affordable?

"...• Density doesn't equal affordability. Areas of Austin that have already..."

Jan. 24, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

A Lack of Info for Affordable Housing Initiative

City pledges to keep better track of SMART money

"...not identify fees they had waived related to the program. Previous audits in 2002 and 2015 tasked the Neighborhood..."

April 20, 2018 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Public Notice: Deciphering the Code

CodeNEXT questions pile up faster than answers

"...'Can we get more?' … with a number of programs that have been talked about, you could get a..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Then There's This: Decoding the Code

Next step: untangling 30 years of regulatory layers

"...and then the real meaty stuff designed to stimulate density inside the core – with acronyms like CURE, SMART,..."

May 9, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Top 9 Developing Stories

"...acceptance (or at least discussion) of national models for density-over-sprawl embraced elsewhere: New Urbanism, transit-oriented development, and form-based code...."

Jan. 1, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Rules That Block Apartments Near Single-Family Homes Should Change, City Staff Says

Compatibility restricts homes near amenities

"...unlocked by providing on-site affordable housing, through a yet-to-be-created bonus program...."

Sept. 18, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

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