Tag Archives: Housing Department

New scenarios for HealthSouth site could revive redevelopment push from Council

A pair of new scenarios for redeveloping the former HealthSouth properties downtown could revive the city’s efforts to use the sites to provide hundreds of units of affordable housing. A memo released last week from Mandy DeMayo, interim director of…

Housing • By Chad Swiatecki • Oct 25, 2024

Developer expects to reach agreement for Crestview project this fall

The firm selected to lead in the redevelopment of a former utility yard in Crestview doesn’t expect the city’s recent changes to land use for transit-oriented developments to impact its plans for the site that has long been earmarked for…

Development • By Chad Swiatecki • Jul 8, 2024

Planning Commission checks in on new density bonus program

At their most recent meeting, members of the Planning Commission took the temperature of the city’s newest density bonus program, which is designed to allow developers to build more in exchange for community benefits like affordable housing. The program, dubbed…

Zoning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jun 28, 2024

City seeks feedback from disability community on five-year federal housing plan

The Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities heard a briefing last week from the Housing Department, which is seeking input from Austin residents with disabilities to identify the greatest community needs that could be addressed using federal funds from the…

Housing • By Chad Swiatecki • Mar 14, 2024

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Council gets briefed on improved path to affordable housing

Now that the state Legislature has added more guardrails to a financing mechanism for affordable housing developments, Austin officials are exploring how to proceed with plans to put more housing on the ground under the welcomed reforms. At its work…

Housing • By Amy Smith • Mar 7, 2024

Council appears headed for pause on HealthSouth redevelopment plans

Members of City Council suggested Tuesday they’re inclined to hold off on selecting any redevelopment plans for the former HealthSouth site, in part because of the current real estate pipeline in the surrounding area and continued high interest rates that…

Planning • By Chad Swiatecki • Feb 28, 2024

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