People of Low Income Have Rights

"...Dear Editor, Regarding Lydia Crafts' article "Manor Road Housing Project Looking for a Home" [News, June 20], Frank..."

June 23, 2008 Postmarks

Nonprofits and the City's Quest for Affordable Housing

Helping usher Austin out of a quagmire of inequality

"...as part of its effort to combat the deepening housing shortage, the city of Austin adopted its Strategic Housing..."

July 14, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Affordable Housing in NOLA

New report on housing conditions in post-Katrina New Orleans offers immediate and long-term recommendations for fixing the city's decimated fair and affordable housing market

"...units and 56% of all rental units. Approximately 204,700 housing units in Louisiana either were destroyed or sustained major..."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

In Housing We Trust

The city of Austin devotes $1 million for housing as part of city's social equity initiative

"...As with most social spending, public support for housing recurrently begs the question: More or better? Have we..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Path Toward Permanent Housing in North Austin

Council approves funding for Espero at Rutland

"...City Council has approved a combination of state housing tax credits, funding from the 2018 housing bond, and..."

Dec. 25, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Northeast Alliance Rejects Housing Project

"...to Mixed Use, to allow for a 110-unit affordable supportive-housing complex. The zoning issue is scheduled to go before..."

July 25, 2008 News Feature by Lydia Crafts

Nonprofit Offers Free Tax Assistance

"...Foundation Communities spends most of the year creating affordable housing communities for low-income residents. But for a few months..."

Jan. 22, 2010 News Feature by Amy Smith

Eastside Housing Proposals Blow Up at Council

"That was crazy"

"...When City Council (acting as the Austin Housing Finance Corporation Board of Direc­tors) voted to award an..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Tax Credit Development in Austin

"...Tax Credit Recipients, 1987-98..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature

Postmarks

Home Is Where the Tax Credits Are

"...As spokesperson for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, we commend The Austin Chronicle for..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Column

Hard Luck in Heritage Heights

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

"...new gray-and-brick two-story home, one of 26 in the low-income development between the Huston-Tillotson College campus and the Texas..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature by Jessica Chapman

Foundation Communities Pushing to Complete 1,000 Units in 5 Years

Housing nonprofit working on eight new properties throughout town

"...gap needed to enable construction of 1,000 new affordable housing units across eight properties, located throughout Austin, that will..."

May 24, 2022 News Post by Austin Sanders

For "Active" Seniors Only

Affordable housing without transit? Council faces challenge.

"...recommending Lime­stone Ridge Senior Apartments and its application for low-income housing tax credits. The proposed complex, with more than..."

Oct. 19, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

House of Cards

Critics say the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs awards low-income housing tax-credits to undeserving developers.

"...This year, the state's biggest affordable housing program was supposed to operate strictly by the book,..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Will King Fisher Creek Beat the Clock?

A controversial Southeast Austin housing project rushes to open by a Dec. 31 deadline for federal support.

"...basically pulling an all-nighter to complete the hotly contested low-income housing complex before they forfeit their federal tax credits..."

Dec. 27, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann

Parker Springs Developer Beats the (Reset) Clock

"...subcontractors over their efforts to build the Parker Springs low-income housing complex off East St. Elmo Road. Now, the..."

Oct. 10, 2003 News Feature by Dave Mann

A Developer's Jackpot

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

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Naked City

TDHCA announces its latest tax credit allocations for low-income housing under unusual scrutiny, but critics of the agency find few improvements or surprises.

"...In the weeks prior to this year's allocation of low-income housing tax credits by the Texas Dept. of Housing..."

Aug. 11, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Naked City

"...when Gene Watkins was director of the city's Neighborhood Housing & Conservation department (NHC), the entity that funnels federal,..."

June 30, 1995 News Feature

Naked City

Despite a recent chastening by the Texas Legislature, the scandal-plaguedTexas Department of Housing and Community Affairs is stonewalling on an open records request by a nonprofit developers' group.

"...the carpet as often as the Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs: In recent years, its staff has..."

July 13, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

The Long Run

A five-point plan for long-term housing

"...co-sponsored a forum in Houston on forming "a long-term housing plan for hurricane survivors in Texas." One product of..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature

“Affordability Unlocked” With More Density, Casar Hopes

Proposal aims to make the city's money go farther by making projects larger

"...cracking on some long-overdue moves to respond to Austin's housing affordability crisis. On Tuesday, Feb. 5, Council Member Greg..."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Council: As the Year Turns

Council kicks off 2018 with long agenda

"...122-Item agenda looks daunting, although a large group of housing tax credit applications may fly through with little debate,..."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Council Watch

Blaming the Victim

"...The staff of the city's neighborhood and housing department however, loves the swap idea; they hope to..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Column

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

Here Comes the Neighborhood

Capital Metro, City Hall, and Eastside neighbors come together to share their hopes -- and fears -- for the Saltillo corridor.

"...most importantly -- public and private efforts to develop housing, retail, and office space that inevitably will serve the..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Council Recap: Land Code Revision Advances to Final Round

Late-night second-reading vote features familiar 7-4 split

"...want the code to facilitate the construction of new housing to the greatest extent feasible. That's the rationale for..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: The Lessons of Cady Lofts

An unusual zoning case may lay out the future contours of land-use politics

"...Cady Lofts, a 100-unit studio complex offering permanent supportive housing to people who need it, primarily those exiting homelessness...."

June 17, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

With Little Enthusiasm, City OKs Opting Into Oak Hill Parkway Project

Plus more items from City Council's first substantive meeting of the year

"...but will do so henceforth under a significantly different "housing first" model that will offer more case management services,..."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Council: Back to the Dais

Short month, long agendas

"...• Desperate for Housing: Items 15-41 concern city approval of applications for Low..."

Feb. 2, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

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