A Lack of Info for Affordable Housing Initiative

City pledges to keep better track of SMART money

"...Particularly lacking was information about SMART Housing fees. Auditors found that two of the five..."

April 20, 2018 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Then There's This: SMART Is as SMART Does

City housing program becomes a balancing act

"...City Council discussion on potential changes to the city's SMART Hous­ing program offered some interesting insight into the upcoming..."

April 18, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Smart Growth Is Dead, Long Live Smart Growth

As Sixth + Lamar teeters, the Domain aims to pick up Austin's new-school incentive package.

"...estimated 670,000 square feet of retail, at least 450 housing units (10% expected to qualify under the city's SMART..."

May 2, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Smart Growth Lineup

"...The Partners for Smart Growth Conference runs from Tuesday through Thursday, Dec. 15-17..."

Nov. 27, 1998 News Feature

Housing Heartburn or Marijuana?

Short-term rentals remain contentious

"...seeking some rental income. Legally, only 3% of available housing stock per census tract is allowed to be used..."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Feature by Natalia Ciolko

Public Notice: People’s Housing Justice

What Council can do that's not CodeNEXT

"...Following a presentation on income-restricted (i.e., publicly subsidized) Afford­able Housing, Planning Commissioner David King asked the lead consultant about..."

April 13, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Hot Corners: Land Use, Light Rail, and Smart Growth

"...development is actually re-development, as in infill, as in Smart Growth, as in the worst nightmare of many Austin..."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Recap: Too Little Affordable Housing, or Too Much?

Two Southeast projects divide dais; APD’s state grants OK’d

"...McDowell Housing Partners has pledged to form a restrictive covenant with..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Council: Too Little Affordable Housing, or Too Much?

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

"...MF-4 for a project developed under the city's longstanding SMART (Safe, Mixed-­Income, Accessible, Reasonably Priced, Transit-Oriented) affordability program. Like..."

Sept. 4, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Watch

City lays out new housing program, Southpark Meadows goes for world-class venue, Zilker Neighborhood Association holds council candidates forum

"...The city's oft-stated commitment to affordable housing got some new teeth last week, with the approval..."

April 28, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Under One Roof

Can the City Make Good on Its Affordable Housing Promise?

"...Isn't it about time we discarded this term "affordable housing"? Raise your hand if you think your rent or..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Developing Stories: Pioneering at Mueller

Urban trailblazers aren't just settling Downtown

"...stake a claim at Mueller, too, thanks to its affordable-housing program...."

March 23, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Governing Post-Boom Austin

Now that the lawsuits are over, we hope the council campaigns will turn to issues.

"...the policy backdrop of the boom -- you know, Smart Growth -- has gone to ground, the needs that..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Bigger, Better, Smarter

San Diego is everything Austin wants to be: livable, transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, and downtown-centric. But will tools that worked in the nation's largest border and military base town translate to Central Texas?

"...San Diego's civic toolbox. They've got light rail, downtown housing, a streamlined development process, growth-management plans to promote infill..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council: Getting A Round Tuit

A crowded agenda as CMs head into budget season

"...budget adjustment policy, and initiating a revision of the SMART housing criteria, that is, the standards for incentivizing affordable..."

April 18, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Postmarks

Expanding on neighborhood expansion, taking C. Robison to task, and much more.

"...a precursor to developing the 11 tracts using similar Smart Growth ideas. Under the city's SMART Housing Plan, this..."

July 13, 2001 Column

Naked City

The city's SMARTHousing initiative gets its first concrete proposal for affordable housing, a 55-unit complex for lower-income seniors.

"...A SMART Start..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

We’re Our Own Grandpaws

Thursday Council agenda packed with postponed business

"...budget adjustment policy, and initiating a revision of the SMART housing criteria, standards for incentivizing affordable housing, which must..."

April 15, 2014 News Post by Michael King

No Room at the Complex

Renters scramble for housing as dirt churns on new condos

"...is at risk of losing its existing low-cost rental housing faster than it can build new affordable units," warns..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...received a national award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Wednesday for its attempts to reduce..."

July 1, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Here Comes the Neighborhood

Capital Metro, City Hall, and Eastside neighbors come together to share their hopes -- and fears -- for the Saltillo corridor.

"...most importantly -- public and private efforts to develop housing, retail, and office space that inevitably will serve the..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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

"...bit of planning jargon that's become part of Austin's Smart Growth-era lingua franca -- for example, it's the "T"..."

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

Developing Stories: Private Projects, Public Benefits

Could developers become Austin's new benefactors?

"...contribute to livable city goals – such as affordable housing, parks and open space, public transportation, a clean environment,..."

April 6, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Wal-Mart or No, Council Defers to Endeavor's Domain

Only Daryl Slusher votes against the city's $37 million tax rebate for a North Austin "urban village."

"...to the suburbs while creating new jobs and affordable housing...."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Postmarks

Share the Smart Growth

"...Having just completed many months serving on the Smart Growth Task Force and, at last week's Smart Growth..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Column

Council: Getting Moving?

City Council's continued transportation debate may backlog zoning cases on agenda

"...will be an afterthought to debates on transportation, the housing trust fund, fair-housing initiatives, library appropriations ... and much..."

June 17, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Smart Growth wouldn't be dead if it had stayed in touch with reality

"...OK, Smart Growth is dead. Everyone says so -- the mayor,..."

July 4, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Attack the Block

Smart, quick, funny, and economical, Attack the Block is an alien-invasion movie that's a breed apart.

"...Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, Simon Howard and Jumayn Hunter. Smart, quick, funny, and economical, Attack the Block is an..."

July 29, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Rent Rub

Working Poor Getting Stiffed on Housing Costs

"...Austin, the Skeens were locked out of comfortable, secure housing, joining an alarmingly large portion of the population being..."

Aug. 21, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Men & Chicken

Danish black comedy is a nimble tone-shifter

"...to the island to find a dilapidated former sanitarium housing three more half-brothers, Franz (Malling), Gregor (Kaas), and Josef..."

April 29, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

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