When Did the Single-Family Home Go From Being the American Dream to an Urbanist Nightmare?

One policy wonk's view of how we got here

"...they were, rather, participating in the American Dream of homeownership, though most also realize that dream has gotten a..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Point Austin: Our Neighbors' Keepers

More than one way to save a neighborhood

"..."Land of Broken Dreams & Land of Op­por­tunity," describing homeownership trends in two Eastside neighborhoods, roughly Chest­nut/Rosewood and East..."

June 22, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Developing Stories: Pioneering at Mueller

Urban trailblazers aren't just settling Downtown

"...mortgage payments, homeowners association fees, and other costs of homeownership. For those households, Mueller will have affordable-program apartments priced..."

March 23, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

The Honeymooners

Instead of reworking the original TV show’s subject matter regarding class and marriage, this is plodding mimicry featuring a predominantly African-American cast.

"...threatening to snatch away the Kramdens’ only chance at homeownership, but the movie cares more about its "make money"..."

June 10, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Hard Luck in Heritage Heights

Renters in Eastside housing project feel misled, misused by the city.

"..."The Doors to Homeownership" Strained relations between residents, city officials, and the Housing..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature by Jessica Chapman

The Buy It Now Foundation

"...Strategy: Partners in the American Dream, designed to make homeownership more affordable by cutting closing and financing costs and..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Features Feature by Bernadette Noll

Race and Class Inform Disparities in Road Deaths

All crises are not created equal

"...auto safety. Leff said Americans typically build wealth through homeownership. When redlining policies took that option away from communities..."

Sept. 2, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

Austin at Large: It’s Good to Try New Things

We could build more decent housing for all Austinites if we rethink what’s “normal”

"...even banning single-family zoning. In fact, it includes expanding homeownership programs to promote Black and Indigenous wealth creation, even..."

July 30, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Chronicle Endorsements

July 14 Primary Run-off Election and Senate District 14 Special Election

"...of special homestead districts cities can use to keep homeownership affordable...."

June 26, 2020 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Public Notice: Department of Unintended Consequences

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

"...fewer residents with the chance to build equity through homeownership. As Planning Commissioner Carmen Llanes-Pulido recently noted, tools do..."

Jan. 24, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

City Council: 1,020 Minutes Later …

Epic meeting sends Council into summer recess

"...go toward land acquisition, rental housing assistance projects, and homeownership and home repair programs. Mayor Steve Adler called the..."

July 6, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Whose Affordability Crisis?

Looking through the prism's lens

"...Partially due to this increase in supply, homeownership rates have slightly dropped, and occupancy rates of luxury-level..."

Feb. 2, 2018 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Austin's Disappearing Mobile Home Communities

Redeveloping a manufactured housing park isn’t the only way its new owner can turn a profit

"...housing is affordable, family-friendly, and provides an opportunity for homeownership, which makes one think it'd be an ideal type..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Plaza Saltillo’s Affordable Habitat

Habitat for Humanity in line for new density bonuses at two Fourth Street addresses

"...development that is going to offer the opportunity for homeownership, especially in a condo development right Downtown. ... It's..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Austin Police Consider Community Reforms

After a year spent making headlines APD prioritizes policing equity

"..."Even when controlling for neighborhood levels of crime, education, homeownership, income, youth, and unemployment, racial disparities in both use..."

Nov. 4, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Council Recap: Water and Housing

Council takes on excessive water bills, "missing middle" in housing

"...to craft other policy ideas to widen opportunities for homeownership for residents between 80-120% MFI. Initial findings should come..."

April 8, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Living History

The debate on how best to honor the history of Rosewood Courts continues

"...of 124. And HACA will offer 25 units for homeownership at an affordable rate amid skyrocketing home prices in..."

March 25, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Ten Districts, Many Visions

Dialing for Dollars

"...a high-profile issue. As in other districts with high homeownership (over 55% of residents are homeowners) and income, D10..."

Oct. 3, 2014 News Feature by Amy Kamp

The Good Eye: Hitting Home

Preservation Austin knows there's no place like midcentury modern

"...in the life of every child of Austin when homeownership starts to sound like a good idea. Driving or..."

April 4, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Then There's This: Giving Props to Austin

There's more to the bonds than meets the jerky knee

"...rent. According to Habitat for Humanity, "workforce housing," or homeownership opportunities for low-income working households, would help stabilize neighborhoods..."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Then There's This: This Isn't Portland

Comp plan takes a public beating before council approves it

"...be displaced from areas where rent was once affordable, homeownership a possibility, and forced to move somewhere else. Like..."

June 22, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

The Daily Hustle: 2/8/11

Austin's past, present & Comp Plan future

"...With the new Federal Laws on homeownership on the books, members of the community who had..."

Feb. 8, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The 12th of Never

The dispute over one Eastside housing proposal reflects a larger Austin conflict

"...as recently as 2005, preserving multifamily zoning but requesting homeownership opportunities (condominiums) and doing away with a call to..."

Dec. 17, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Plays With Expectations

Jake Silverstein mixes fact and fiction, funny and bleak, to dramatize one journalist's coming-of-age

"...the developments in the now 34-year-old Silverstein's life: marriage, homeownership, two young sons (one is 3, the other just..."

April 16, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Hightower Report

Saving Banks From Themselves; and Fed Up With Fed Secrets

"...would seem to be the end of a family's homeownership experience: foreclosure...."

April 9, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Cool City: My Big Fat Carbon Footprint

One reporter's liberating steps toward energy efficiency

"...see that improved energy-efficiency lowers your total cost of homeownership. (Which is why, reporting on the city's Energy Efficiency..."

July 11, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Wynn Weighs In

Mayor talks about Green Home Tax (and how there's no such thing)

"...make home ownership more affordable and secure, and put homeownership in reach of more people...."

June 11, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Fact Checking the Galindo Mailers (UPDATED)

'NO Green Tax' talk from self-described green builder Galindo

"...homeowners with continued monthly savings, reducing the cost of homeownership...."

June 3, 2008 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Council holds line on TODs and affordable housing

Council holds line on TODs and affordable housing

"...consultant Diana McIver & Associates: "Required per-unit subsidies for homeownership units ranged from $83,131 to $149,951 per unit, depending..."

May 2, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Letters @ 3AM

The United States failed because its people overvalued their ideals and undervalued their resources

"...with innovation and individual gain. The highest rate of homeownership in the world was matched (and undermined) by the..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

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