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

Council cuts compatibility with little opposition

"...feet or less, all throughout the city, without any affordability requirements. (Vela’s original resolution was specific about this, and..."

June 9, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Through the Looking Glass

The strange logic of "new urban" housing policy

"...If the issue is affordability – as I noted a couple of weeks ago..."

Sept. 18, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Where’s Our LDC Rewrite?

Back into the looking glass with your City Council

"...the city, with carefully calibrated unit sizes to encourage affordability and discourage "McMansions."..."

Sept. 4, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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

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

"...was uninterested in. The revised plan would use the Affordability Unlocked density bonus, with just over half the units..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Department of Unintended Consequences

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

"...actually make things worse, especially when it comes to affordability...."

Jan. 24, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Austin's Land Use Debate Returns to the Spotlight

A new draft code has risen out of CodeNEXT's ashes

"...That last bit of language, though, comes from another..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice – Code X: The Final Chapter?

What to look for when the new LDC draft comes out tomorrow

"...Housing Affordability: Does the code promote both the construction of new..."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Shooting Blind

City needs more economic analysis of density bonus programs

"...independent consultant to calibrate the fee-in-lieu prices and on-site affordability requirements in proportion to the value of the bonus..."

June 3, 2016 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Spitting Into Fires

Mayor Adler rolls out bond proposal on tight deadline

"...Mayor Steve Adler describes previous efforts to address Austin's affordability and transportation problems. Adler hopes that his bond proposal,..."

May 27, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Follow the Money

City attempts to keep up with growing need for services

"...issues" that its members believed needed to be addressed. "Affordability is a struggle," says Cadena-Mitchell. "The city has not..."

Oct. 23, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

New Homestead Exemption Proposal

Mayor Adler and CM Casar suggest another version

"...needs to take a variety of approaches to the “affordability crisis” to assist “all sectors of the community,” and..."

June 3, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Steve Adler: 'New Way Forward'

"...facing some pretty significant challenges: traffic congestion, education, resources, affordability, water. Austin is at a tipping point; we're at..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature

Lee Leffingwell: 'Think Long-Range'

The incumbent mayor defends his record

"...that. And that has to be balanced with our affordability criteria, which means that we have to remain in..."

April 27, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

To Opt, or Not?

How one neighborhood-planning team carefully weighed VMU's power to change its surroundings

"...look more kindly on such opt-ins in the future. Affordability Issues..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin Energy Considers Adding Natural Gas Plant to Resource Plan

Possible controversial addition to 2030 climate plan

"...challenges and potential solutions to meeting the climate and affordability goals set out in the city's Climate Equity Plan..."

Dec. 22, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Council Poised to Pass Three Housing Supply-Friendly Items

The most controversial would allow larger apartment complexes near single-family homes

"...Fuentes, would add a new tier to the popular Affordability Unlocked program, which was designed to incentivize developers into..."

June 9, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Recap: New 4 U In 2022, It’s VMU2

City Hall dives into reworking its housing bonus programs

"...Council. With VMU, the amount, depth, and length of affordability is agreed to by the developer and the city...."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

City Council: The Race Is On

Previewing November’s elections for Districts 1, 3, 8, and 9

"...Affordability is on the mind of every D3 candidate. The..."

June 22, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

Council on CodeNEXT

Four CMs lament inequitable land use standards throughout city

"...a code "for all Austin­ites," and to substantively address affordability, gentrification, residential displacement, and the increasing economic segregation of..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Missed the Mark

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

July 19, 2017 Postmarks

Nonprofits and the City's Quest for Affordable Housing

Helping usher Austin out of a quagmire of inequality

"...may go unanswered by the city's current plan for affordability, because of its dependence on market-produced units. According to..."

July 14, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Why Does Everyone Hate CodeNEXT?

Can a polarized Austin reach consensus on land use by next spring?

"...the blame for all of Austin's ongoing growth pains: unaffordability, inequality, congestion ... essentially every negative aspect of high-speed..."

June 9, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

City Council Clashes Over 2017 Budget

Competing ideas on how to spend $969 million

"...need to look to have a substantial effect on affordability." He argues that improving transportation (through the Mobility Bond,..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Getting to Yes

The Travis Central Appraisal District and the Mueller Foundation settle tax appraisal dispute

"...five years." (See "Mueller vs. TCAD: No Room for Affordability?" Nov. 6, 2015.)..."

July 15, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

D7 CM Leslie Pool Draws a Challenger

Friends of the Grove activist Natalie Gauldin enters race

"...Pool's performance, especially in the areas of transportation and affordability...."

July 8, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Pioneers or Settlers?

Balancing renewables and affordability at AE

"...be the key to both more solar and greater affordability. According to Khalil Shalabi, AE's vice president of energy..."

Jan. 16, 2015 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Campaign Snapshots

City Council districts 1 and 2 forum preview

"...Houston has placed her campaign emphasis on affordability, specifically advocating ways to encourage "workforce housing" and various..."

Sept. 5, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

'Completing Communities'

A conversation with Kathie Tovo

"...Austin Chronicle: You've campaigned on promoting affordability and keeping neighborhood schools open – two issues that..."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Experience and Identity

Place 1 opponents offer different bios, styles, priorities

"...development go hand-in-hand with environmental protection; Cavazos calls for "affordability" for residents and small businesses across the city as..."

May 1, 2009 News Feature by Michael King

Developing Stories: Private Projects, Public Benefits

Could developers become Austin's new benefactors?

"...development and the public good.Tug of Benefits: Parks vs. affordability..."

April 6, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

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