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The Hard Truth about Austin’s Housing Market
by Emily Chenevert, CEO ABOR in Austin American Statesman
September 3, 2023 The analysis reveals that in the first half of 2023, households across Travis County and the city of Austin that earned 80% or less of the area median family income —annual income of $93,450 or less—faced a shocking undersupply of affordable homes for sale…
Missing-Middle Housing Comes into Focus
by Ashley Fahey in Austin Business Journal
November 13, 2023 The nation's housing affordability crisis has been exacerbated by rapid home-price appreciation, demolition of naturally affordable housing to make way for more expensive new housing and an anemic construction pipeline coming out of the Great Recession...
Young Parents, UT Students Support Zoning Changes at Historic Meeting
by Lina Fisher in The Austin Chronicle
At the first-ever joint meeting of the Planning Commission and City Council last Thursday, hundreds of Austinites came out to support the most significant changes to the city's housing policies in recent memory…
Panelists debate potential housing supply impacts from HOME initiative
by Chad Swiatecki in Austin Monitor
November 6, 2023 Advocates for more housing options in Austin see hope in recently passed changes in city land use policy intended to increase density, but still hope for more progress in increasing the overall supply of housing available for middle- and lower-income residents…
Austin proposal to add denser housing in single-family areas heads to public review
by Ben Thompson in Community Impact
October 25, 2023 As Austin officials consider increasing the amount of housing allowed in residential areas across the city, a special public hearing Oct. 26 offers an opportunity for community members to weigh in on one of City Council's most notable land-use proposals…
As Texans struggle with housing costs, cities look for new ways to spur home construction
by Joshua Fechter in The Austin Chronicle
Home prices are out of reach for first-time homebuyers. Sky-high rents are squeezing tenants. As the state’s housing affordability crisis escalates, leaders of Texas’ biggest cities are increasingly reaching the same conclusion: Their cities need more homes…