Tag Archives: City of Austin Neighborhood Housing and Community Development Department
Housing investment collaborative advancing quietly
Back in April, when Mayor Steve Adler made his first state of the city address, he noted a troubling statistic: Austin is the most economically segregated big city in the United States. In particular, that statistic applies to housing, with…
Housing • By Jo Clifton • Jul 13, 2015
Making affordable housing plans for Austin
While most of the state focused on the meaning and aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court decision related to same-sex marriage, affordable housing advocates were riveted by a case brought by the Inclusive Communities Project of Dallas, which sued the…
Housing • By Jo Clifton • Jul 9, 2015
Zimmerman struggles to stop subsidized housing
There are only two subsidized housing developments in City Council Member Don Zimmerman’s District 6, as compared to 47 in Council Member Ora Houston’s District 1 and 46 in Council Member Pio Renteria’s District 3, according to data compiled by…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Feb 11, 2015
Scheduling delays affordable housing approval
An affordable housing project in North Austin will have to wait a little longer for official city approval. Though the Austin Housing Finance Corporation board of directors seemed poised to approve the project last Thursday, a procedural absurdity held up…
City Hall • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 25, 2014
Commissioners consider joining city study of affordable housing
A request to join with the City of Austin in a housing market study turned into a lengthy and sometimes philosophical discussion of affordable housing at Travis County Commissioners Court on Tuesday. The item was an interlocal agreement with…
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Oct 9, 2013
Changes likely coming for Water Utility impact fees
Members of the Austin City Council began their periodic review of a set of fees set by the Austin Water Utility for new development with a fair amount of skepticism. At last week’s work session, Mayor Lee Leffingwell raised…
