The city is asking Travis County to contribute $30 million to the development costs of the Colony Park planned unit development in Northeast Austin, part of a proposed financing package of $98.8 million needed to complete the project. A city memo released Tuesday outlines several details related to the ongoing development that is being led […]
Austin Housing and Planning Department
A division of the city that includes Neighborhood Housing & Community Development (NHCD) and Planning & Zoning (PAZ). As the name suggests, the department oversees city planning, zoning as well as things like displacement prevention.
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Ahead of Council vote, committee sculpts VMU2 proposal
City Council members at Tuesday’s Housing and Planning Committee meeting shared their latest thinking on proposed changes to Vertical Mixed-Use (VMU) zoning ahead of a vote on June 9. Council Member Chito Vela outlined a new compromise to reduce compatibility and parking requirements for VMU properties along Project Connect light rail lines to allow more […]
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Austin says it will sell city-owned property to families affected by gentrification
The city of Austin says it will give people from gentrifying neighborhoods priority in the application process for more than two dozen homes it’s selling to low-income families. This is the first time the city plans to use what it calls a “preference policy,” which was approved by City Council members in 2018. Other cities, […]