What's Wrong with Public Housing?

The remarkable turnaround of the city's Housing Authority

"...Corta Street. Santa Rita is not only the debut project of the Housing Authority of the city of Austin,..."

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

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

Rosewood Courts Vote Gets Pushback

HACA opposes historic zoning for entire complex

"...Austin's Rose­wood Courts, which was the first African-American public housing project in the nation...."

March 4, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Council: Rosewood Moves Forward

Nondiscrimination ordinance stalls

"...eventual approval to initiate historic zoning for East Austin’s Rosewood Courts, which was the first African-American public housing project..."

Feb. 26, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

What's Next for Rosewood?

The transformation of Rosewood Courts is the centerpiece of a larger neighborhood plan

"...and a fat white Chihuahua runs to greet me. Rosewood Courts, as it currently stands, feels parklike and friendly...."

Aug. 22, 2014 News Feature by Katie Pearl Halloran

Living History

The debate on how best to honor the history of Rosewood Courts continues

"...Residents of Rosewood Courts, a public housing complex flanked by Chicon and..."

March 25, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King

The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.

"...fell, on the grass behind her apartment at the Rosewood Courts housing project, where she was known and feared..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

The 12th of Never

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

"...at the "five points" intersection of 11th, Navasota, and Rosewood – there is now a wine shop. Across the..."

Dec. 17, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Your Tax Dollars at Play

The Rosewood Entertainment Center

"...to turn an abandoned, boarded-up grocery store at 2334 Rosewood into the entertainment center by next autumn - will..."

July 28, 1995 News Feature

Postmarks

"...Sophia's goal wasn't to live and die in a housing project, but that was the outcome the Housing Authority..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Column

Pointing Fingers

Local NAACP leaders recently announced the results of their inquiry into the June shooting death of 23-year-old Sophia King, leveling much of the responsibility on the Housing Authority of the city of Austin.

"...Sophia King, leveling much of the responsibility on the Housing Authority of the City of Austin. Local NAACP leader..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Blame Abounds in King Shooting

The police shooting of a mentally ill East Austin woman has officers defending their actions and critics raising eyebrows.

"...mental instability, and of causing disturbances. Neighbors in the Housing Authority of the City of Austin's Rosewood Avenue project,..."

June 21, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Carrying the Burden

During Gov. Bush's campaign for his party's presidential nomination last fall, reporters asked the candidate to comment on a federal government report asserting that many Texans, including large numbers of children, were going to bed hungry. "I saw the report that children in Texas are going hungry. Where?" he demanded, going on to say, "You'd think the governor would have heard if there are pockets of hunger in Texas." Indeed, you would, especially if one of those pockets is just a few miles from his front door, Virginia B. Wood explains as she explores the very pockets of hunger in Austin Bush has difficulty fathoming.

"...It's the third Wednesday morning of the month. Rosewood Apartments resident Heather Moore is babysitting her niece and..."

April 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

After 18 Months, APD Releases Report on King Shooting

The APD report on the Sophia King shooting answers some questions, leaves others unaddressed

"...who was shot and killed by police at the Rosewood Courts housing project in June of 2002. King, described..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Protect and Preserve

How can we keep Austin's cultural heritage authentic?

"...organizations, headed up a 2009 steering committee for the project and eventually became its executive director...."

July 24, 2015 News Feature by Cindy Widner

Council: Not Just STRs

Restore Rundberg, nondiscrimination also on the menu

"...to disparage the library as unnecessary – called the project a "boondoggle," eventually provoking Pool to call him out..."

Feb. 26, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Food-O-File

A glimpse of SXSW 2014

"...is more interesting activity along the East 11th and Rosewood corridor just east of Downtown. The new Rosewood Community..."

March 22, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Riding the Rail

The challenge for Capital Metro: convincing voters that the new light rail isn't the old light rail that they rejected last year

"...Cap Met are partners in the current Rapid Transit Project study that's (finally) working out the details of the..."

Dec. 21, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Declaration of Independence

Zavala Elementary and Principal Sean Fox are succeeding at going their own way

"...charged with building the nation's first Public Works Authority housing project, Santa Rita Courts, to the east, then a..."

May 9, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...are little inclined to change city code for a project that would increase Rollingwood's population overnight by about 50%...."

Nov. 1, 2002 News Feature

A Helluva Drug

"...Since New Urbanism cut its initial teeth on public housing demolition, here’s a concrete atonement suggestion: He can support..."

Nov. 17, 2019 Postmarks

Loving and Fighting

A history of struggle at Blackshear Elementary

"...much of the neighborhood around Blackshear (though the nearby Rosewood housing projects, from which many Blackshear students hailed then..."

June 28, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines

"...State Board of Review voted May 17 to recommend Rosewood Courts, opened in 1939 as the first public housing..."

May 23, 2014 News Feature

Mixed Use, Mixed Emotions

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

"...etc.), a development team must stack several stories of housing atop shops, cafes, and small offices and follow the..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Council Watch

"...loan for the Central City Entertainment Center (CCEC), aka Rosewood...."

June 23, 1995 News Column

Eastside Community Organizations

"...(NAACP Community Development Resource Center: 2209 Rosewood, 477-5541)..."

July 21, 1995 News Feature

The Shark Bites Back

Mitchell Says the Eastside Needs Sharp Teeth

"...Baylor and Clotheal Haynes and Gene Watkins, former city housing officials who are currently profiting from Mitchell's redevelopment plans...."

April 18, 1997 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...1020 Grove Pan Am Rec Center, 2100 E. 3rd Rosewood Rec Center, 2300 Rosewood South Austin Rec Center, 1100..."

April 11, 1997 News Feature

Austin's Pool System Will Collapse If We Don't Save It

Shall we dive in?

"...Pool, My City, Forklift Danceworks' multi-year in-pool dance performance project, which served as somewhat of a celebration of the..."

June 1, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Economics From the Bottom Up

A profile of Accion Texas, CDC, and other microlenders

"...and Austin CDC. (Foundation Communities, formerly Central Texas Mutual Housing Association, is another nonprofit that specializes in building and..."

Aug. 10, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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