Stories by Syeda Hasan
How do Austin's Capitol view corridors preserve sights of the Statehouse?
About seven years ago, Lynn Meredith and her husband moved into a high-rise downtown. Meredith can see the state Capitol from her building, and over the years, she’s watched as new skyscrapers have sprung up around the Capitol, while some…
Austin • By Syeda Hasan • Feb 2, 2018
Housing repair funds, 3-D printed homes pitched as affordability solutions
For the past several weeks, nine local nonprofits, government agencies and private companies have been mapping out new solutions to the city’s housing affordability problem. Last night, they presented their ideas at the Impact Hub, a co-working space on North…
Housing • By Syeda Hasan • Jan 25, 2018
Trump administration push for citizenship question on census alarms critics
Watchdog groups are alarmed by a Department of Justice request to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census. The agency says the information is needed to enforce the Voting Rights Act, specifically a section that bans racial discrimination.…
Austin • By Syeda Hasan • Jan 10, 2018
Austin fields eight potential sites for new soccer stadium and practice space
City Council is weighing eight potential sites to house a professional soccer stadium and practice space after the Ohio-based Columbus Crew soccer team expressed an interest in moving here. But Council members decided to hold off on a final decision…
Music & Entertainment • By Syeda Hasan • Dec 20, 2017
Council approves funding for study on housing discrimination
City Council is moving forward with plans for the region’s first fair housing assessment. The effort aims to shed light on issues of housing discrimination across Central Texas. The federal Fair Housing Act was designed to protect people from discrimination…
Housing • By Syeda Hasan • Dec 15, 2017
Austin residents protest mobile home investment class
A few dozen protesters gathered in downtown Austin on Friday to march down East Fifth Street and into the Westin hotel, where a class on investing in mobile home parks was reportedly being held. The protesters, dressed in graduation caps…
Housing • By Syeda Hasan • Dec 4, 2017
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Cap Metro plan up for a vote today
The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors is set to vote today on a major overhaul of its bus system. If approved, the changes would take effect in June, changing more than half of all routes in the area.…
Transit • By Syeda Hasan • Nov 15, 2017
Austin wants to make it easier to build garage apartments
City Council took a step yesterday to streamline the process of building and remodeling homes by approving the Family Homestead Initiative. The resolution calls for the city to identify all the regulations and costs associated with the process. Council Member…
Land Development Code • By Syeda Hasan • Nov 10, 2017
Central Health taps Baltimore-based firm for Brackenridge Hospital redevelopment
Central Health has selected a firm to redevelop Brackenridge Hospital. The Central Health Board of Managers announced it’s chosen Baltimore-based Wexford Science and Technology to revamp the hospital, which closed its doors for good in May after more than a…
Development • By Syeda Hasan • Nov 2, 2017
New apartments could be coming to Northwest Austin shopping center
A popular shopping center in Northwest Austin could be redeveloped to include hundreds of apartments. The 17-acre site at 9828 Great Hills Trail, owned by Great Hills Retail Inc., currently includes a shopping center, restaurants, a movie theater and a…
Development • By Syeda Hasan • Nov 1, 2017
What will CodeNEXT mean for Austin's neighborhood plans?
At a CodeNEXT meeting earlier this month, residents from across Austin raised concerns about one perceived change: that the city’s new Land Development Code would scrap their neighborhood plans. Jorge Rousselin, the city’s project manager on CodeNEXT, said that’s just…
Land Development Code • By Syeda Hasan • Oct 26, 2017
As foreclosures rise, has the Greater Austin housing market finally peaked?
Realtor Barrett Raven was showing one of his clients a duplex off of Cameron Road. Matthew Weilbacher was interested in buying one of the units, maybe the entire duplex, but he was wrestling with how to make use of the…
