Rental Assistance Arrives: Applications Open to Austinites Making Roughly $65,000 or Less

City partners with religious nonprofit to provide funds to tenants

"...$8 million of rental assistance made it off the runway for Austin residents this..."

Dec. 6, 2023 News Post by Hannah Rossi

Saturday Flood Damage Assistance Update

Latest City of Austin communication on flood aftermath

"...“The Flood Assistance Center (5801 Ainez Drive) hours will be from 10..."

Nov. 9, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Disaster Assistance: Numbers vs. People

FEMA spent tens of millions of dollars improperly on hurricane evacuees, Government Accountability Office says; others beg to differ

"...hurricanes Katrina and Rita," including "$17 million in rental assistance paid to individuals to whom FEMA had already provided..."

Dec. 22, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Hundreds of Thousands Denied Medicaid and Food Assistance in Texas

It's a department of dysfunction, and it isn’t getting better

"...Texans are still waiting to receive the much-needed food assistance they applied for over six months ago," the whistleblowers..."

Dec. 1, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

City Announces Art Space Assistance Program

Art spaces with rising rents are eligible for rent stipends and tenant improvements

"...The city announced its new Art Space Assistance Program (ASAP) last Wed., June 21, to help arts..."

June 30, 2017 News Feature by Maria Mendez

Memorial Weekend Flood Assistance

Resources for folks hit by the Memorial Weekend floods

"...FOR THOSE IN NEED(INFO & ASSISTANCE)..."

May 24, 2015 News Post by Nina Hernandez

Nonprofit Offers Free Tax Assistance

"...A growing demand for assistance from people who can't afford an accountant led to..."

Jan. 22, 2010 News Feature by Amy Smith

APD Seek Public Assistance in Alleged Assualt

Incident happened at Paradox Night Club

"...From the Austin Police Department: APD detectives seek public’s assistance in aggravated assault Austin Police Department detectives are seeking..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Voter Assistance Hotline

"...phone number with you: 866/OUR-VOTE. (866/687-8683) That's the voter assistance hotline manned by the nonpartisan Election Protection Coalition, a..."

Nov. 7, 2006 News Post by Lee Nichols

College Assistance Appreciated

"...homeless with a baby in my arms on public assistance. With no upward potential as a mother without excellent..."

Aug. 19, 2010 Postmarks

Assistance With Abortion Services

Jan. 29, 2016 News Feature

In Live Music Preservation Fund’s First Week, 79 Austin Venues Applied for Relief

The slow road to dedicated venue funding now moving fast

"...Friday, operators of 79 different venues have filed for assistance that could total up to $160,000 for each business...."

Dec. 18, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Cheer Up Charlies Booker Trish Connelly’s Thoughtful Curation

Community outpours support for booker’s multiple sclerosis treatment, city opens first for-profit venue assistance program, and Las Cruxes’ storefront shutters

"...uncertainties. Since then, she says the outpouring of financial assistance has prompted many happy tears...."

March 29, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Then There's This: Another Swipe at Austin Energy

State report calls for slashing low-income assistance program

"...An Austin Energy assistance program that helps keep the lights on in 25,000..."

Feb. 22, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Reefer Roundup: 3/3/11

Your drug war news for the week

"...to SXSW, extending funding for needle exchange, limiting public assistance to people with substance abuse issues, and lowering criminal..."

March 3, 2011 SXSW Post by Jordan Smith

Austin Energy Still Hasn't Fixed Problems With Utility Bill Discounts on Expensive Homes

Consumer advocate requests audit of AE's Customer Assistance Program

"...the City Auditor over Austin Energy's $18 million Customer Assistance Program (CAP) discounts – designed to help lower-income customers..."

Jan. 29, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Gigi & Nate

Saccharine story of a man and his assistance monkey

"...paralyzed, which in turn leads to him getting an assistance monkey: a capuchin called Gigi. Cherish those moments, because..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Abortion Resources in Texas and Beyond

Services, financial assistance, contraception, counseling, and more

"...clinic and virtual abortion care provider. 877/835-1090. wholewomanshealth.com Financial Assistance for Abortion Costs..."

July 1, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Council Recap: Nothing Goes Farther Than Cash

City to launch guaranteed-income pilot program

"...will not have to “prove” they still need the assistance, as many government-run financial aid programs normally require...."

May 6, 2022 News Post by Austin Sanders

Ouija: Origin of Evil

This horror sequel is vastly superior to its cheesy precursor

"...and reads palms for a low-rent living with the assistance of her teen daughter Lina (Basso) and wide-eyed 9-year-old..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Council to Commit to Supporting Renters’ Rights

Tenant assistance, right to organize on the Oct. 13 agenda

"...contract approval that would set up a Tenants Rights Assistance Program and amendments to a city ordinance that would..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin Energy’s New Low-Income Solar Deal

Utility wants to enact a heavily reduced rate for those enrolled in its customer assistance program

"...reserved for income-verified customers enrolled in the city's customer assistance program. Eligibility for the program requires participation in select..."

Dec. 1, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Point Austin: Storm Surge

Finger-pointing follows lost fed funds for Weatherization Assistance Program

"...groups with respect to his management of the Weatherization Assistance Program. At a City Council meeting in April, when..."

Dec. 2, 2011 News Column by Amy Smith

Pot Possession a Passport to Deportation?

Supreme Court considers when a legal U.S. resident can face deportation

"...mean a one-way ticket outta dodge, amount to ineffective assistance of counsel? Those are two questions facing the U.S...."

April 1, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Common Law

Is there a legal duty to help others?

"...boat is under no general legal duty to render assistance, thereby allowing the man to avoid legal responsibility for..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Column by Luke Ellis

Council Recap: COVID Relief Funds Begin to Flow in Austin

Artists and nonprofits at the front of the line for assistance

"...Kitchen will allow funds in the existing Creative Space Assistance Program to be used for emergency grants to artists..."

May 1, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Fireworks

Teen anime adds parallel timelines to a Romeo and Juliet plot.

"...Tokyo. Her failed attempt to run away, with Norimichi’s assistance, get a surprise do-over courtesy of a magical marble,..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

City Offers Arts Venue Aid ASAP

Cultural Arts Division's Art Space Assistance Program will award $200,000 in grants to creatives in need this summer

"...newly minted response to the crisis, the Art Space Assistance Program, arrives with an acronym fairly dripping with irony:..."

June 30, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

My Blind Brother

Indie romantic comedy has plenty of bite

"...featuring in human-interest stories. Robbie runs marathons, with the assistance of his younger brother Bill (Kroll) as his sighted..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Innocents

Polish nuns raped by soldiers during WWII trigger wider moral issues

"...despair of their own shameful fate. But for the assistance of Mathilde (de Laâge), a young French Red Cross..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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