On this week’s edition of Austin Monitor Radio, Daniel Armendariz, a senior housing advocate with the Austin Tenants Council, joins Austin Monitor reporter Jessi Devenyns to talk about the issues renters face in Austin. Listen in below for a conversation about how state laws and recent changes from the city impact those who rent in […]
Austin Tenants Council
The Austin Tenants’ Council works to protect tenant rights and educate the community on fair housing. ATC has programs that focus housing discrimination, tenant-landlord information and education, housing repair and housing rehabilitation.
Posted inThe Code
Code Department proposes higher fines for violations
Code violators will pay bigger fines for a number of offenses under a new ordinance that City Council is poised to approve. Under the proposed ordinance drafted by the Code Department, the minimum fine for a first offense related to property maintenance rises dramatically, from $20 to $250. The minimum for the second offense would […]
Posted inDevelopment
Rights commission recommends source of income as protected class
After hearing stories from low-income residents about how they were vilified while trying to use housing vouchers, the Austin Human Rights Commission last night backed a recommendation to make it illegal for landlords to discriminate against people based on the source of their income. The vote followed an hour of public testimony and two previous […]