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Austin Elders: Meet Sara Laas, the 94-Year-Old Who Couldn’t Stay Away From Austin
This independent woman won’t be “put in a box”
"...dorm,” Sara said. “At that time, they didn’t have apartments, they had boarding houses – they were all girls..."

July 5, 2024 News Feature by Naina Srivastava

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...has since slowed, while tens of thousands of new apartments are still opening...."

June 28, 2024 News Feature

ERCOT Says Texas Power Demand to Double by 2030, With Bitcoin to Blame
Gas demand also increasing with electrification
"...building the grid to service customers in their homes, apartments, and normal businesses and keeping costs as low as..."

June 18, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

With HOME, Council Cuts Lot Size Requirements for First Time in 80 Years
Smaller lots, more apartments, towers near transit
"...Council also approved code changes that will allow apartments to be built closer to single-family homes and created..."

May 24, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council to Approve More Ambitious Development Reforms, and Considers Displacement
City aims to lower housing cost, considers displacement risk
"...size, and the buffer zones around houses that block apartments from being built nearby. After Council’s May 16 meeting,..."

May 17, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Consigned to History: The Last Days of the Austin Antique Mall
When two iconic Austin businesses share an address, someday one was going to lose out
"...the entire property for a “five-story building.” After all, apartments and condos have been going up fast nearby, and..."

May 17, 2024 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Blocked Apartments by Houses for Years. New Rules Would Change That.
Code change would facilitate 60,000+ new units, city staff estimates
"...Toward the end of a 31-page staff report summarizing..."

April 19, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Wants More Housing Near Project Connect Stations
Bring on the trains
"...which could exacerbate displacement by destroying older, less expensive apartments, staff has proposed requirements aimed at preventing that sort..."

April 19, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Opinion: The Lack of Evidence Behind Austin’s HOME Initiative
There are indeed benefits to density, but affordability isn’t one of them
"...look around Austin, you’ll notice that older homes and apartments do not necessarily go down in price as they..."

April 19, 2024 Column by Rich Heyman

Exploring the McNeil Crossing Strip Mall
Exceptional forays into Indian and Vietnamese cuisine, plus a short trip to Subway
"...Pulling in, I notice Apartments NOW! encouraging walk-ins for FREE APARTMENT LOCATION. Then it..."

April 12, 2024 Food Feature by Taylor Holland

T.C. Broadnax Selected as Austin’s Next City Manager
City Council to initiate hiring process next week
"...designed to move people living on the streets into apartments for around a year, launched in October 2021 with..."

March 29, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...Less Parking, More Apartments: Dallas may soon toss out its parking requirements, after..."

March 22, 2024 News Feature

SXSW Film Review: An Army of Women
Rousing doc about survivors is a potent call to action
"...continue as the court case slogs on. People move apartments, get married, and time passes – a haunting reminder..."

March 13, 2024 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

The Rodeo, a Pet Pfest, Country Dance, and More Community Events
Hit the town with these non-SXSW events
"...you around antiquing, and it shows in your Ikea-stuffed apartments. How about you liven up the joint – and..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Occupied City
A portrait of Amsterdam now and under Nazi occupation
"...This is a building-by-building tour of Amsterdam, its homes, apartments, schools, hospitals, factories, hidey-holes, murder sites, and what happened..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Council to Vote on HOME Amendments Increasing Housing Stock
Questions and concerns flagged ahead of Dec. 7 meeting
"...Burnet Road, which would be redeveloped into 300 new apartments, 10% of which would be reserved for people earning..."

Dec. 1, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Prosecution Makes Opening Statements in Murder Trial of APD Officer
Christopher Taylor is accused of murdering Michael Ramos
"...drew officers to the parking lot of the Rosemont apartments, where Ramos and his girlfriend were sitting inside a..."

Oct. 23, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Rules That Block Apartments Near Single-Family Homes Should Change, City Staff Says
Compatibility restricts homes near amenities

Sept. 18, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Uyghur Skewers Meet the American Dream at Camino Alamo BBQ
Smoke on the West Campus sidewalk
"...cities like Shanghai. Uyghur people cannot book hotels or apartments, cannot apply for a passport to go abroad," Duan..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Food Feature by Evan Rodriguez

Shortcomings
Randall Park's social satire centers on self-sabotaging hypocrisy
"...of authenticity to all of the city streets, one-bedroom apartments, bars, diners, and cinemas. As a film contributing to..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Austin’s Exclusionary Housing Policies Are Getting Revolutionary Rewrites
After decades of resistance doors open for less-wealthy Austinites
"...dwelling unit policy, which governs additions like casitas and apartments to existing homes (seriously, a review of my notes..."

July 28, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Advances Plan to Replace Dairy Plant With Housing
Borden redevelopment passes hurdle
"...into a mixed-use development that would bring 1,400 new apartments to the area. Endeavor Real Estate plans to build..."

June 16, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...rezoning for the project – which would include 1,400 apartments, a hotel, and office and retail space – but..."

June 2, 2023 News Feature

How Much of Your Rent Is Paying for Spots in a Parking Lot?
Council's ready to jettison parking minimums for future Austin developments
"...was a no-brainer – presumably people living in new apartments right by bus stops could go without a car,..."

May 5, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Public Notice: Bashing Austin Policy
From the Capitol to the Waterfront, via Wall Street
"...succeeded in reducing housing costs. Austin has been building apartments at a record pace for the last decade –..."

April 28, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Austinites in Section 8 Housing Eligible for Free Internet
Casting the internet wide enough for every Austinite
"...only HACA residents, but also qualifying residents in private apartments on Section 8 vouchers. “We want to make sure..."

April 22, 2023 News Post by Joelle DiPaolo

The Joy of Bicycling in Austin
A one-person sociological study of springtime biking where every ride is his favorite
"...2019) and likely from people moving into newly built apartments in the area, but the biggest impact on his..."

April 21, 2023 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

A Very Jewish Horror in Attachment
Filmmaker Gabriel Bier Gislason discusses cultural authenticity
"...ex-girlfriend of hers and she had both been between apartments, and they needed a place to crash, and her..."

April 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AISD Moves Toward Affordable Child Care in Old Pease Campus
Plus other news from their latest meeting
"...and staff. At Coy, the district wants to build apartments, townhomes, and single-family homes to provide affordable housing for..."

March 31, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Missing the Old Homestead
"...become OK to kick people out of their affordable apartments, leave them vacant for a year, and rezone them..."

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