Building Housing in a Hurry

Mayor Kirk Watson touts Austin housing success at SXSW panel

"...in building enough homes in 2024 to meet pent-up demand and new household formations, but that the nation’s housing..."

March 14, 2025 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Brand-New Flower in Texas: The top news this week concerns..."

March 7, 2025 News Feature

Austin Gets Compared to a Lot of Cities. But Is Life Better There?

Shopping for home

"...There are plenty of reasons to love Austin and the enormous, unique state..."

Feb. 21, 2025 News Feature by Abe Asher

Most of Austin’s Police Oversight Investigators Are Former Law Enforcement. Advocates Fear They Can’t Be Impartial.

Civilian oversight pro: Ex-cops investigating cops is common

"...to argue against the notion that Austin has one of the strongest civilian police oversight systems the city has..."

Aug. 23, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...But, KUT reported, the state agency’s own historical assessment of the highway states: “IH 35 reinforced the segregated division..."

June 7, 2024 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Austin’s District 9. Should she win, her approach to housing would stand out on the dais: She takes a..."

Jan. 26, 2024 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Development DelayedRecent amendments to Austin's land use regulations to increase..."

June 23, 2023 News Feature

Austin at Large: Canaries in the Shelter Line

Musicians are a useful proxy for the unmet housing needs in Austin neighborhoods

"...The whole nation has a housing shortage, and Austin's is more acute because we grew..."

Feb. 3, 2023 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Lumbering Toward a Long-Held Vision for a New I-35

Riding on TxDOT's endless highway

"...median-age Austinite is 33.7 years old. That means half of the people in town now were not yet born..."

Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Who Will Be the New Council Voice for District 9?

Eight candidates vie for Austin's most powerful YIMBYs and NIMBYs

"...Words like "urbanist" and "preservationist" or acronyms like NIMBY ("not in my..."

Oct. 28, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Automatic License Plate Readers to Return?

Plus, votes on the Statesman PUD, 12th Street plans

"...A coalition of criminal justice and privacy advocates have called on City..."

Sept. 2, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Work Matters

A look back at some of our most impactful reporting

"...in this newspaper. We used to call it "Politics," and sometimes we still do, but we never did really..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Looks for Routes Out of Its Homelessness Crisis

Under pressure, the city experiments with fast and sustainable strategies

"...For more than a year, the city of Austin, its social service partners, and primary and behavioral..."

July 9, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

As Austin's I-35 Mess Gains National Attention, the City Refocuses on the Palm District

Applying an "equity lens" to reimagine the blocks alongside Austin's gnarliest highway

"...been "recognized" by the influential Congress for the New Urbanism in its 2021 "Freeways Without Futures" report. The national..."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

New Data Shows Slightly Fewer Unhoused Austinites

Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) releases new report

"...a report today showing a decrease in the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in Austin since January 2020...."

May 21, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin Charts New Territory With Project Connect Anti-Displacement Fund

Bringing transit home

"...with it a $300 million anti-displacement fund, aiming to offset the increase in housing costs expected along the corridors..."

May 21, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Chronicle Endorsements for the November General Election

Our picks for the local, state, and national races you'll see on your ballot

"...than in the past, since voting – for those of you using mail ballots – has already begun, and..."

Oct. 2, 2020 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Lakeway Hospital Investors Settle With DOJ, HUD

Fraud settlements backed by whistleblower complaint

"...On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced three financial settlements – totaling..."

Sept. 30, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Will the Third Time Be a Charm for an Austin Rail System?

Project Connect looks to help make connections

"...in Austin, it's that our transportation situation is unacceptable and unsustainable. Traffic congestion has steadily risen along with the..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Jack Craver

Highways and Scooters and Impact Fees, Oh My!

Austin mobility plans are moving right along

"...Even as Austin has been shut down and standing still, things keep happening on the mobility front...."

May 8, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Recap: COVID Relief Funds Begin to Flow in Austin

Artists and nonprofits at the front of the line for assistance

"...new $1.5 million Austin Artist Disaster Relief Fund to soften the impact of COVID-19, at its April 24 meeting,..."

May 1, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Recap: Tip the Band, Skip the Pork Chop

Relief funds for artists, planning for fair and just mobility

"...City Council took care of its business in relatively short order Thursday, April 24,..."

April 24, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Council Preview: So Much Money, So Many Needs

Agenda touches on COVID-19, live music support, and transit

"...City Council will meet Thursday, April 24, to take up a relatively light agenda..."

April 22, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Federal Funds Flowing Into Central Texas for Housing, Transit

Doggett announces $122 million in COVID-19 relief

"...Housing and transit agencies in Austin, Travis County, and San..."

April 3, 2020 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Recap: Austin Revs Up COVID-19 Relief Efforts

"All things on the table" to help Austinites weather crisis

"...In a deserted City Hall devoid of its usual Thursday throngs of staffers, lawyers, lobbyists, advocates,..."

March 27, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

People Experiencing Homelessness Are More Visible Than Ever. That Doesn’t Mean They’re Being Counted.

What it was like on the ground for this year’s Point in Time Count

"...the experts who help people exit homelessness in advance of the Point in Time (PIT) Count, an annual census..."

Jan. 31, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Point in Time Count Looks to Give Overview of Homelessness in the U.S.

Service providers, volunteers gear up for annual PIT Count

"...on who you ask in the homelessness services world, and how candid they're willing to be, the Point in..."

Jan. 24, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Department of Unintended Consequences

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

"...In the ongoing debate about Austin's Land Development Code rewrite, there's usually a point when someone..."

Jan. 24, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Lawsuit Seeks to Block Converting Microtel for Permanent Supportive Housing for City's Homeless

One project stalls, another moves along

"...Met Center Property Owners Assoc­i­ation is suing the city of Austin in an attempt to stop the purchase of..."

Jan. 3, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austinites Without Homes Find Themselves Pushed Out of Sight

Turns out those with and without shelter both want to be safe

"...The Cleanup Begins: Crews with the Texas Department of Transportation and the city of Austin began clearing..."

Nov. 8, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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