BREAKING: Council Adopts 2013-14 Budget

City Council holds line on tax rate, juggles many line items

"...The headline number will be "50.27" – the property tax rate just adopted by the Austin City Council..."

Sept. 10, 2013 News Post by Michael King

The Price of Progress

Worldly Roots

"...the plunge and signed a lease for the boarded-up property at 500 E. Fourth for around $1,600 a month...."

Feb. 26, 1999 News Feature by Charles Nafus

This Is the Box We're In

Council doesn't have a budget, but they're cutting it nonetheless

"...challenge petition they were contemplating filing against the commercial property evaluations of the Travis Cen­tral Appraisal District. Austin may..."

June 12, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Eastward Expansion

Surfing the wave of gentrification on the Eastside

"...years, East Austin residents have decried gentrification. As Austin property values appreciate exponentially, developers have descended upon the city..."

April 10, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

First-Ever Appraisal District Election Is Small Battle in GOP-Dem War Over Taxation in Texas

Elected Dem- or GOP-backed candidates would have outsized power over district

"...boards that play a critical role in the state’s property tax system. Some in Travis County fear the May..."

April 5, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Texas Senate Education Committee Advances Its Own School Finance Plan

SB 4 would essentially gut the House version of the bill

"...funding (about $9 billion) for school finance reform and property tax relief found in HB 3, the Senate’s legislation..."

May 1, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Greenbacks for Green Space

City moves to make development pay more for parks

"...its tourism industry. Even in full-tilt-forward growth mode, Austin values its natural places. As infill development heats up and..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

PODER vs. H-Zoning: Ready for Round Two?

Eastside gentrification task force recommends expanding, not abolishing, historic zoning.

"...in East Austin -- and the tax breaks to property owners that go along with it -- are directly..."

Nov. 1, 2002 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Southern Living

A Vested Interest

"...may be leading to the demise of what makes property in the area a hot commodity -- its diversity,..."

Dec. 4, 1998 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Real Value: The Parks Premium

"...Can the effect of parkland on the values of nearby homes be quantified in dollars? Texas A&M..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature

Public Notice: City Budget Season Continues

A primer on the schedule and the tax rates

"...with a short explainer of one key aspect of property valuations and tax rates. As usual, the story starts..."

July 29, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Point Austin: The Cost of Community

The city budget is where Austin decides how to live

"...marks. (On the other hand, Austin's growth and still-rising property values, very mixed blessings both, generate increased tax revenue..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Green With Ambition

Why we need a master developer – not a project developer – to mastermind Seaholm East

"...it seeks a project of "unparalleled excellence and high values." The city's request for proposals challenged master developers to..."

May 30, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Tovo and Casar Unfiltered on CodeNEXT

The Council members' full conversation with the Chronicle

"...as eight – that will certainly drive up land values...."

Sept. 14, 2017 News Post by Nick Barbaro

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...public school finance "reform" package that would radically cut property taxes and replace some of the revenue with a..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature

The Six Percent Bounty

"...Estimated "Property Tax Relief" by City Council District Under 6% Homestead..."

June 12, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Streetcar Desires

The Austin streetcar has a consensus – it still needs champions

"...neighboring transit-oriented development. Because of streetcar's positive effect on property values and overall economic development – the same effect..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

AISD: Low-Budget Wrassling Resumes

Budgeting for public education always involves struggles between competing needs, but these days the competition is particularly fierce

"...seems able to agree how. Under that system, AISD's property taxes are capped at $1.50 per dollar of assessed..."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

City Files Challenge Lawsuit Against TCAD

Claims current property appraisal system is unconstitutional

"...filing suit against the Travis Central Appraisal District, commercial property owners, and Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar, challenging the current..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

"...to knock $1 million off the price of the property for the UT Elementary School? When UT found the..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Feature

Austin Taxes

Too high, too low, just right -- or all of the above?

"...reporter has caught holy hell for suggesting that Austinites' property taxes are too low. ("I'm stunned every time you..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Yoga and Starbucks. Karaoke and republicans. Squirrel rifles and Al Gore. Together for the first time in this week's letters to the editor!

"...agree that there are deleterious side effects to skyrocketing property values, I cannot see how chucking light rail is..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Column

The City Budget Deficit Is Finally Here

Rising costs, declining revenues to blame

"...For one, the total value of taxable property in Austin is expected to fall about 10% below..."

April 18, 2025 News Feature by Austin Sanders

From Runways to Sidewalks

The Mueller neighborhood at midcourse

"...Mueller is a victim of its own success. Home values have increased in proportion to the neighborhood's and Austin's..."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Appraisal Reform at the County? Never Mind ...

Commissioners won't challenge appraisal district's undervalued commercial property

"...driven the cost of residential properties skyward while commercial property values have inexplicably trended downward. "I am committed to..."

July 31, 2009 News Feature by Amy Smith

City Budget: Something's Gotta Give

Cooling economy, rising costs mean tough choices for City Council

"...The two primary sources of GF revenue are property taxes and sales taxes, amounting this year to about..."

May 12, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Color Me Exempt

Homestead exemption comes at a price

"...at the effects of a 20% homestead exemption on property taxes, a hotly debated proposal in the City Council..."

Nov. 21, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: The Affordability Conundrum

If we want an affordable Austin, we'll have to afford it together

"...to carry a 50.27 cents per $100 assessed value property tax rate – .02 cents lower than last year's..."

Sept. 20, 2013 News Column by Michael King

AISD Budget

District may have resources to reverse cuts if it can muster the courage to raise taxes

"...The recent school-finance legislation (HB 1) lowered the local property tax by around 11 cents per $100 of valuation..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature by Michael May

The Red Ink Hits the Fan

City Manager Toby Futrell says the budget won't balance without years of tax hikes and service cuts

"...bust is partly to blame; sales-tax collections have plummeted, property values are heading downward, and nobody at City Hall..."

May 30, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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