The Making of Downtown North

The Domain may sound like just another fancy mall – but planners say it's the seed of a second Austin

"...an incentive package to get small local businesses and affordable housing into the development. "Simon told me that, if..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Council: Mobile Homes and Climate Change

City Council gets through a brief agenda the week before budget talks begin

"...Referred from the Housing and Com­munity Development Committee, Item 35 directs the city..."

April 29, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

News Roundup: See You in Court!

Pressley demands recount, while Zimmerman and Sec. 8 cases progress

"...renters based on source of income, including Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher subsidies. The Austin Apartment Association swiftly filed..."

Jan. 5, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...Ltd., the Florida-based developer of the controversial Parker Springs affordable-housing complex in Southeast Austin, turned into a pumpkin New..."

Jan. 10, 2003 News Feature

Georgetown Recalls -- and Recollects

The latest salvos in the Georgetown Smackdown

"...development ordinances and ending the city's affinity for offering subsidies to attract business. "But there were people displaced as..."

Nov. 16, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Nuclear Freeze for Amazon?

Council members throughout the country reject HQ2

"...expense of the public." They vow to oppose city subsidies for HQ2, invite other officials to join them, and..."

March 9, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

City Counseling: Best Laid Plans

Best Laid Plans

"...businesses – the cause célèbre of the Stop Domain Subsidies crowd last election. Incentives would be more tightly regulated..."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Doing Prop 2 Some Justice?

Think tank weighs in on Stop Domain Subsidies amendment

"...interest our little Proposition 2 – the Stop Domain Subsidies charter amendment – is generating, the folks at Texans..."

Oct. 22, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: What's at Stake?

There will be blood

"...independent funding. And while every candidate, without exception, supports "affordable housing" as a basic principle, when asked for specific..."

April 25, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I applaud Catellus for their commitment to green building, affordable housing, and access for minority- and women-owned businesses, but..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I believe should be delivered by the city include subsidies for affordable housing and the protection of our environment...."

April 7, 2006 Column

Clearing Up a Misleading Portrait

"...I believe should be delivered by the city include subsidies for affordable housing and the protection of our environment...."

April 4, 2006 Postmarks

Beside the Point

City Council takes up arms and definitions over the charter amendments

"...prevent solar power rebates (i.e., "incentives"), and even block affordable housing in Southwest Austin. The language "turns voters off,..."

March 10, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Council We Deserve?

In the races for City Council, it's a search for competence amidst the chaff

"...traction, probably because he's worked with council committees (on affordable housing) and has some Eastside support through his chairmanship..."

April 22, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

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Our readers talk back.

"...provide health care, improve education, and deliver centrally located affordable housing that doesn't require 50-mile-per-day commutes. Or perhaps ask..."

July 23, 2004 Column

May 3 Election News

"...industrial zoning issues and supports closing Holly, building more affordable housing, and halting gentrification. His support base ranges from..."

March 28, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Chronicle Endorsements

Chronicle Endorsements, May 4 election

"...philanthropist and school advocate, and his ideas about developing affordable housing for schoolteachers as an incentive for service bears..."

May 3, 2002 News Feature

Chronicle Endorsements

Chronicle Endorsements, May 4 election

"...philanthropist and school advocate, and his ideas about developing affordable housing for schoolteachers as an incentive for service bears..."

April 26, 2002 News Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...result, our board voted unanimously to oppose all city subsidies...."

Sept. 21, 2001 Column

Naked City

Three bonds proposals up on the city ballot Nov. 7 may strike a sense of deja vu in longtime Austinites.

"...that in exchange for about $4 million in public subsidies (primarily to build an access road and lay power..."

Oct. 6, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Naked City

Members of the state Bond Review Board and House Urban Affairs Committee push for changes in the Department of Housing and Community Affairs' tax credit subsidy process.

"...Sowell came to the Nov. 15 Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs board meeting expecting routine approval of..."

Dec. 3, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Obama Comes to Town

Full text of president's speech at UT Austin

"...we’re keeping. I said we’d make health insurance more affordable and give you more control over your health care..."

Aug. 9, 2010 News Post by Jillian Richardson

Naked City

A Sinking Foundation?

"...a new intrusion to contend with -- a 76-unit affordable apartment complex approved and funded through the state's tax..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Postmarks

Light Rail, Green Politics, and much ado about the city's growing pains.

"...would cost less than $5,000? (Not including massive tax subsidies.)..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Column

Life on the 38th Parallel

GAINing Ground

"...transgression against Mitchell is its opposition to a low-income housing development proposed for the adjacent, traditionally black Anderson neighborhood,..."

Jan. 12, 1996 News Feature

Austin At Large: Blinking in the Bright Light

Austinites stagger into the post(?)-pandemic streets, waving at the new neighbors

"...is shaping up to be a year focused on housing policy," Austin Sanders writes in this issue. Yeah, that..."

Dec. 3, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Conflicts, corruption, charges of favoritism: When will that TDHCA ever get its act together?

"...marked the first opportunity for the Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs -- for years the Legislature's problem..."

Aug. 17, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Point Austin: Happy Fourth!

Feel good about America, but not too good

"...come quite quickly. First was the upholding of the Affordable Care Act, in response to a lawsuit so silly..."

July 3, 2015 News Column by Michael King

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Can't Handle Scamming

"...don't want apartments in their neighborhoods because the lower-cost housing "decreases property values"; downtown businesses increasingly direct their products..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Column

A Developer's Jackpot

"...Low-income housing tax credits are subsidies that builders can get from..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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