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Tag Archives: Guadalupe Neighborhood Development Corporation
Alley vacation granted despite protests
City Council voted unanimously on June 4 to grant vacation of an alley between East Eighth and East Ninth streets in order to facilitate construction of a multifamily complex, in spite of a request from neighbors in an adjacent residential…
Planning • By Jo Clifton • Jun 11, 2020
Fannie Mae award will bring services to Montopolis affordable housing project
The federal housing lender Fannie Mae has awarded $555,000 to a local affordable housing nonprofit to help add health care and educational services to a project that will bring 90 new housing units to the Montopolis neighborhood. The Guadalupe Neighborhood…
Housing • By Chad Swiatecki • Jan 21, 2020
BoA shoots down affordable housing variance in East Austin
An affordable housing project in Central East Austin had clear support from the Board of Adjustment. But, given the similarity to a case down the street that was rejected just hours before, board members struggled to articulate their support in…
Land Development Code • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jul 13, 2016
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Council approves East Austin land trusts
Affordability was in fashion at last week’s City Council meeting. In the midst of talk about homestead exemptions and homestead preservation districts, Council members also revisited another strategy the city has used to create affordable housing. And, as has been…