Tag Archives: affordable housing
Friday, February 17, 2017 by Caleb Pritchard
City Council
Plaza Saltillo advances amid accusations of broken promises
After years in the making, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Plaza Saltillo is only one vote away from its ultimate fate.City Council on Thursday night gave second-reading approval to the zoning change that will clear the way for the project,…
Monday, February 13, 2017 by Jack Craver
Housing
Tax credits could provide big increase in affordable housing units on Goodrich Ave.
With the assistance of the state and federal government, Pathways at Goodrich Place, a public housing complex at 2126 Goodrich Ave., may soon have more than three times as many apartment units serving residents who otherwise couldn’t afford to live…
Monday, February 6, 2017 by Cate Malek
Housing
Elysium Park gets initial Council approval, despite neighborhood opposition
For those wondering why building affordable housing in Austin is going so slowly, the Elysium Park development has been a case study of many of the tensions City Council is facing in its attempts to keep low-income people from fleeing…
Wednesday, January 25, 2017 by Jack Craver
Housing
How do demolitions affect Austin’s affordable housing stock?
As Austin grapples with its affordability crisis, much of the focus has been on how city leaders can incentivize developers to build new housing that includes units reserved for residents at certain income levels.Some city leaders, however, suggest that the…
Thursday, January 12, 2017 by Joseph Caterine
Planning
Planning Commission approves Plaza Saltillo project, affordability level disputed
After what Chair Stephen Olivier called “officially our longest case ever,” the Planning Commission approved three rezoning items associated with the six tracts of the Plaza Saltillo project at its Jan. 10 meeting.The properties, owned by the Capital Metropolitan Transportation…
Friday, December 16, 2016 by Jo Clifton
Housing
Council OKs more funds for east side housing
Acting as the board of the Austin Housing Finance Corporation, City Council on Thursday approved an additional $992,000 to a loan for the Chestnut Neighborhood Revitalization Corporation to help the company build affordable housing at 1212, 1301 and 1309 Chicon…
Friday, November 11, 2016 by Jo Clifton
Development
Pilot Knob zoning approved without fee waivers
With the threat of litigation hanging over their heads, City Council members on Thursday gave final approval to zoning for the Southeast Travis County Pilot Knob/Easton Park development. The vote was 9-1-1, with Council Member Don Zimmerman voting no and…
Tuesday, November 8, 2016 by Jo Clifton
City Council
Pilot Knob could face yet another lawsuit
City Council is poised to move forward once again Thursday on the Pilot Knob/Easton Park planned unit development and affordable housing agreement that Judge Stephen Yelenosky voided in October.But Council members should know that the same civic activist who recently…
Friday, October 14, 2016 by Jack Craver
Housing
Austin teams up with Travis County and AISD on affordable housing
The city of Austin, Travis County and the Austin Independent School District are poised to enter a three-party partnership aimed at using publicly owned lands to address the shortage of affordable housing in the area.City Council did its part Thursday,…
Friday, September 2, 2016 by Elizabeth Pagano
The Code
Council approves Tenant Relocation Ordinance
Affordable housing, and the question of how to get it, has dominated the conversation at City Hall these past few years. This year, City Council has also wrestled with the issue of how to protect residents currently in some of…
Tuesday, August 9, 2016 by Elizabeth Pagano
Housing
Elysium Park angst: From City Hall to Israel
Last Thursday, many of those watching the City Council meeting were left befuddled by an exchange that took place late in the meeting over a proposed affordable housing project at 3300 Oak Creek Drive.Both the developer and the neighborhood supported…
Monday, August 8, 2016 by Elizabeth Pagano
Reporters' Notebook
Reporter’s Notebook: Resignations and resignation
“Sent using OWA for iPhone”… On Friday, the Austin Monitor reported that Neighborhood Housing and Community Development department executive Steve Ritchie had quit, following the sudden retirement of Director Betsy Spencer over the public release of allegations of harassment and…
Friday, August 5, 2016 by Syeda Hasan
Housing
Affordable housing development facing delays at City Hall
The Elysium Park apartment complex, a new affordable housing development planned for North Austin, is facing delays at City Hall. City Council has decided to postpone a zoning decision for the project.The proposed development would include about 90 units, a…
Wednesday, August 3, 2016 by Jo Clifton
City Council
Suit: Pilot Knob vote violated state, federal law
Civic activist Brian Rodgers has amended the lawsuit he initially filed in February against the city of Austin, challenging the city’s entire scheme for financing water and wastewater improvements at the controversial Pilot Knob development in Southeast Travis County.Rodgers’ lawsuit,…
Monday, August 1, 2016 by Jack Craver
Land Development Code
Commission starts process on affordable housing incentive program
The city Planning Commission on Tuesday kicked off the creation of an amendment to Austin’s land development code to encourage developers to build more affordable housing.The objective of the proposal, which is only in the beginning stages of being drafted,…
Tuesday, July 12, 2016 by Jo Clifton
Courts
Mueller homeowners reach agreement with TCAD
The Travis Central Appraisal District has reached an agreement with the owners of three affordable homes in the Mueller development who sued the district claiming their appraisals were too high because they were not allowed sell their homes at market…
Monday, June 13, 2016 by Austin Monitor
Reporters' Notebook
Reporter’s Notebook: Cactus Rose, mobility plans and… Benghazi?
Communicant bounced from “kangaroo court”…Something unusual happened at Travis County Commissioners Court last week. For the first time in months, the weekly segment of the agenda set aside for public communications was actually taken advantage of by residents with specific…
Tuesday, June 7, 2016 by Syeda Hasan
Housing
Austin’s first-ever housing plan hits City Hall
This week, city leaders released a draft of Austin’s first-ever strategic housing plan. Unlike broader visions for the city’s future, it focuses on how development will impact the housing supply.The plan is the direct result of a startling 2015 audit…
Monday, May 16, 2016 by Jo Clifton
Planning
Sun Chase promises more affordable housing
City Council approved planned unit development (PUD) zoning on second reading for the Sun Chase development in southeast Travis County, also known as the Southeast Travis County Municipal Utility District, on Thursday, with a new provision for 3 percent of…
Thursday, May 12, 2016 by Elizabeth Pagano
Housing
East Austin zoning mess fix moves forward, for now
A fix for a mistake made two years ago is headed to City Council, and nine east side properties once owned by the city hang in the balance, as does a deal struck for affordable housing as a condition of…
