Tag Archives: City Council Housing and Planning Committee

Housing and Planning Committee discusses sustainable building design, Land Development Code amendments, and Northeast Planning District

City Council’s Housing and Planning Committee held its final meeting of the year on Tuesday, when members heard updates from city staff on proposed amendments to the Land Development Code, the Northeast Planning District, the city’s Comprehensive Density Bonus analysis…

Development • By Mina Shekarchi • Dec 5, 2024

City Council passes resolution prioritizing co-op housing for older people and people with disabilities

City Council passed a resolution Thursday directing the city manager to prioritize city-owned land for the development of income-restricted, shared-equity housing for older residents and people with disabilities, including options like cooperative housing and community land trusts. The resolution also…

Housing • By Madeline de Figueiredo • Nov 26, 2024

Housing and Planning Committee recommends City Council prioritize housing for seniors and people with disabilities

City Council’s Housing and Planning Committee voted Tuesday to recommend that Council adopt a resolution to explore prioritizing city-owned land for the development of housing for seniors and people with disabilities. The recommendation included exploring cooperative housing and community land…

Development • By Madeline de Figueiredo • Oct 4, 2024

City provides updates on financial, anti-displacement efforts related to HOME initiatives

The city has started to make a series of moves intended to make it easier for middle- and low-income residents to build accessory dwelling units and generate new income from properties that are now able to host more housing. Last…

Housing • By Chad Swiatecki • Sep 9, 2024

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Council wants changes to rapid rehousing for homeless ahead of federal aid cutoff

The city will look for ways to improve and possibly restructure assistance programs for those at risk of losing their homes, in anticipation of the end of federal aid used to address homelessness. Last week, City Council approved a resolution…

City Council • By Chad Swiatecki • Jun 6, 2024

Ahead of May vote, Council hears staff feedback for revised South Central Waterfront plan

Planning Department staff explained to a portion of City Council members this week why they intend to move forward with only about half of the Planning Commission’s suggested changes to the South Central Waterfront Plan. At a combined meeting of…

Land Development Code • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 26, 2024

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Committee hears about need for more rental assistance money

Members of the City Council Housing and Planning Committee heard about the dire straits that many renters face, not just in Austin but across the country. Community displacement prevention officer Nefertitti Jackmon told the committee on Tuesday that the program…

Housing • By Jo Clifton • Feb 21, 2024

City hoping to fast-track some changes to land use code

The City Council Housing and Planning Committee last week approved a resolution urging the entire Council to move forward expeditiously with several amendments to the Land Development Code, particularly as they relate to Equitable Transit Oriented Development, called ETOD in…

Land Development Code • By Jo Clifton • Jan 30, 2024

City planning revision of density bonus programs

Members of the city’s Housing and Planning Department say they will be hiring a consultant with expertise in creating and using incentives known as density bonuses to help them untangle the city’s myriad, often competing, development programs. Most of those…

Housing • By Jo Clifton • Nov 16, 2023

Qadri sets sights on closing ‘windowless-apartment loophole’

District 9 City Council Member Zo Qadri will sponsor a resolution “kick(ing) off the process to close the windowless-apartment loophole,” which in recent years has surfaced as a problem for students at the University of Texas at Austin and residents…

Housing • By Emma Freer • Sep 8, 2023

Council orders overhaul of SMART housing program

City Council voted this week to proceed with an overhaul of the SMART housing program. The SMART (Safe, Mixed-Income, Accessible, Reasonably Priced, Transit-Oriented) housing program grants certain fee waivers to housing developments that agree to include affordable housing. The list…

Housing • By Nina Hernandez • Jul 21, 2023

City code amendments moving slowly, including change to parking requirements

Remember all those amendments to Austin’s land use regulations that City Council directed city staff to write – ideas that seem particularly important in light of the housing shortage? They’re moving slowly. Those amendments include eliminating parking requirements from the…

City Council • By Jo Clifton • Jun 20, 2023