Even with the decline in overall enrollment in Austin I.S.D., the number of students in the District that are classified as homeless continued to rise in the 2015-2016 school year, according to statistics obtained by HousingWorks Austin from A.I.S.D.’s...
Plans to renovate and expand the Rebekah Baines Johnson Center, the aging, affordable housing tower overlooking Lady Bird Lake, made a leap forward last month. On June 24th, City Council approved a code amendment increasing the amount of impervious...
You don’t have to tell Keith Seglem that Austin has a affordability crisis. A longtime resident of Austin, the Air Force veteran has not only struggled with a disability, but also chronic homelessness and unsafe housing. All that is...
Around Thanksgiving of 2016, Foundation Communities plans to fill Lakeline Station Apartments with 128 families. The $26 million affordable complex located at highways 620 and 183 was funded in part by nearly $3 million from the City of Austin’s...
The draft “Austin Strategic Housing Plan” made its debut last month at the City Council’s Housing and Community Development Committee. The Housing Plan establishes community goals around affordable housing over the next 10 years based on current need and...
Owning a home in Austin can be challenging with rising taxes and household expenses. That’s especially true for seniors who are on a fixed income. The challenge can become a nightmare when critical repairs are needed. Neglecting those repairs...
What position do you hold, besides being a HousingWorks Austin board member? In addition to serving as President of the Housing Authority of the City of Austin, I chair the Strategic Planning Committee for the National Association of...
On May 23rd, the CodeNEXT Code Advisory Group (CAG) held a public input session to give Austinites a chance to weigh in on recommendations expressed in the second CodeNEXT prescription paper on household affordability. Participants filed into different rooms...
June is National Homeownership Month, but the American dream of homeownership is increasingly out of reach for Austinites. According to the Austin Board of Realtors, the median home price in the City of Austin was $355,000 last month. Considering...