City Council: Spring Break Is Here

Council will return for a work session March 22

"...to achieve perfection, what would it look like? Cheap housing, a store on every block just across the street..."

March 11, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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..."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Homes for the Holidays?

Housing Blueprint Gets an Implementation Plan

"...the draft Implementation Plan for the first Austin Strategic Housing Blueprint, a vision passed by City Council earlier this..."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

District 4: The Long Shots

Challengers face tough road against well-funded incumbent

"...workers and their families. He's also worked to improve housing affordability, often in an unlikely alliance with Mayor Steve..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

“We Need Texas in This Fight”

Elizabeth Warren stumps for Casar, a growing progressive coalition in D.C., and affordable housing

"...on the No. 1 issue our readers worry about: housing. Warren, whom the Chronicle Editorial Board endorsed for president..."

Feb. 25, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Wreckless Recs?

Garza's Affordability Strategy Slides Into Uselessness

"...illustration by Doug Potter Affordability 2000. It sounds kinda cheesy, like a drive-in movie..."

Sept. 12, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Mayor Calls for End to CodeNEXT

"Divisive and poisoned" zoning rewrite now in real jeopardy

"...Austin’s biggest challenges, such as increasing unaffordability, displacement, gentrification, flooding, and traffic are getting worse. The..."

Aug. 1, 2018 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Council Approves Three Homestead Preservation Districts

Impoverished parts of East, North, and Southeast Austin receive affordable-housing protection

"...City Council greenlighted measures to create and maintain affordable housing for low-income residents on Dec. 17. In a 9-2..."

Dec. 25, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Spring Training

Seasonal snapshots of the council candidates

"...consistent work advocating on behalf of Austin families and affordability – like leading the Affordable Housing Incentives Task Force..."

March 21, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Developing Stories

Connect-the-dot conversations heard around town

"...development, new projects covered included affordable, market-rate, and mixed-use housing such as La Vista de Guadalupe, Chestnut Commons, Mueller,..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Council to Approve More Ambitious Development Reforms, and Considers Displacement

City aims to lower housing cost, considers displacement risk

"...have enacted the most significant reform to the city’s housing rules in the past 40 years...."

May 17, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

SXSW Panel Finds Families Struggling to Make Ends Meet in Different Ways Across America

Mayors meet in Austin to discuss the affordability problem

"...much in common. Geographic differences aside, their growth and housing trends aren’t all that alike: Oakland’s population is getting..."

March 8, 2024 SXSW Post by Maggie Quinlan

Thoughts on Prop J

"...sentiment is the fear that the presence of affordable housing would affect their property values. Academic research has repeatedly..."

Nov. 1, 2018 Postmarks

Point Austin: Summer Stock Agenda

The heat arrives with a litany of work for Austin and Austinites

"...a magic wand that, if empowered, would dramatically increase housing supply and citywide affordability – or a sinister developers'..."

June 30, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Elgin Agrarian Community Promises Co-op Living on the Blackland Prairie

“It’s like an urban twist on traditional farming.”

"...drawn to the co-op because of its similarity to cohousing, a type of neighborhood where families have separate homes..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Meet the Candidate: Heather Way

Way says she'll focus on the growing economic divide and affordability crisis if elected

"...law professor and a constant fixture in discussions about affordability and density, she said, "I've dedicated my whole career..."

Jan. 8, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bigger, Better, Smarter

San Diego is everything Austin wants to be: livable, transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, and downtown-centric. But will tools that worked in the nation's largest border and military base town translate to Central Texas?

"...San Diego's civic toolbox. They've got light rail, downtown housing, a streamlined development process, growth-management plans to promote infill..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Election Ticker: Race for Austin's Next Mayor Heats Up

Israel kicks off quest to make history in mayoral race, plus more news

"...and media, Israel said her top three priorities are housing affordability, public health and safety, and transportation and mobility...."

Jan. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin: “Strong, Unique, and Special”

“State of the City” emphasizes change, permanence, independence

"...• Housing affordability: The mayor touched several times on the lack..."

Jan. 30, 2017 News Post by Michael King

The Next Steps for Elysium Park

Affordable housing development gets first-reading approval

"...11 resolutions (Items 11-21) from the Department of Neigh­borhood Housing and Community Development, requesting Council approval of developer applications..."

Feb. 10, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

House Austin First

"...at the Bank” [News, March 18] discussing the Austin housing market and calling on local elected officials to prioritize..."

March 24, 2022 Postmarks

The Next Austin Bust

Will it be bad? Can we be ready? Or should we not care?

"...That spatial mismatch of jobs and housing, which has been true for a great while and..."

March 8, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Density? Bonus! (Programs.)

Planning Commission briefed on CodeNEXT affordability incentives

"...the land use code rewrite might address the city’s affordability issues. On Thursday, the Planning Commission held a special-called..."

July 24, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

CodeNEXT Gets Affordable

Learn what, how, and where affordability incentives will apply

"...CodeNEXT's long-awaited affordability incentives were released Friday, June 16. The "Citywide Afford­able..."

June 23, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Council: Choosing Sides

An estimated 9,000 lots will become eligible to build ADUs

"...incremental dent in the urgent citywide need for additional housing...."

Nov. 27, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: Major League

Pushed by mayor, City Council takes the leap

"...and a burgeoning startup industry trying to address the housing affordability crisis, and take advantage of advances in "smart..."

Aug. 17, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council: Tuesday Work Session … & Then Some

Grove public hearing and briefings extend the working agenda

"...is expected for early afternoon; the morning features an “Affordability Update” and a presentation from the Travis Central Appraisal..."

Dec. 6, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Public Notice: In Defense of Socialism

Government does a lot of good things that aren’t possible to achieve privately

"...the groundbreaking this Wednesday for Aldrich 51, an affordable housing development at Mueller that will be at ground zero..."

March 25, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council Members Say “#FixtheCode”

Four CMs say CodeNEXT process must strongly address inequality

"...for the next draft to fully address citywide inequality, affordability, gentrification, and displacement...."

Aug. 22, 2017 News Post by Michael King

'A Mayor Who Listens'

Sheryl Cole talks about her skills, her record, and what she learned on her 'house party tour'

"...SC: Of course there's the affordable housing bonds, there's the Waller creek revitalization project, there's a..."

June 20, 2014 News Feature by Amy Smith

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