What position do you hold, besides being a HousingWorks Austin board member? I’m the executive director of GNDC. I also serve as the treasurer of the Austin Housing Coalition and the Secretary of the Guadalupe Association for an Improved...
On February 1st, Austin City officials were pleased to see the bustling crowd at the Palmer Events Center. The Roll Out event was an opportunity for residents to obtain information about the new draft Land Development Code, which City...
Weighing in at more than 1,100 pages Austin’s new draft Land Development Code can be intimidating. The good news is that we have a lot of time for public review, and this is an iterative, publicly-driven process. The initial...
The draft of Austin’s new Land Development Code was released on January 30th, and I must admit that I was intimidated by the sheer volume of the document. At 1,100+ pages, it’s going to take a large time commitment...
In January of every year Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) dispatches hundreds of volunteers onto the streets of Austin in the early morning hours. Their task is to find as many people living unsheltered as possible and document information...
What positions do you hold, besides being a HousingWorks Austin board member? Since I completed my terms on the Austin City Council, I’ve continued to serve the community in several ways. I serve on the board of ECHO (Ending...
Last week, Austin saw a barrage of encouraging news about its ongoing fight against homelessness. On Monday, January 9th, LifeWorks Austin and the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) announced they had exceeded their goal to find homes for 50...
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Austin’s general obligation affordable housing bonds, HousingWorks commissioned Civic Economics to complete an economic analysis of the bonds. To date, approximately one-third of the 2013 housing bonds have been obligated ($27 million...
What position(s) do you hold, besides being a HousingWorks Austin board member? In my day job I work with farmworker housing as the Housing Services Director of Motivation Education & Training, Inc, a regional nonprofit that provides employment, training,...