Audrey McGlinchy
Housing ReporterWhat I Cover
I cover housing, with a focus on affordable housing solutions, renters’ rights and the battles over zoning. Everyone is impacted by decisions about housing, which adds a level of urgency and importance to what I do. The belief that everyone deserves to live in affordable and sanitary housing is fundamental to my reporting.
Feel free to email me with story ideas.
My Background
I have covered housing and local government in Austin for nearly a decade. Before joining KUT, I earned a master’s in journalism from the City University of New York and lived in Thailand, where I taught English and ate lots of khao soi. My work has been featured on NPR’s Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Planet Money.
Journalistic Ethics
I always identify myself as a reporter when I am working. If there is an error in one of my stories, I do my best to ensure it is quickly corrected. I work hard to demystify the costs of housing in my work, while also highlighting the people most affected by rising prices and unsafe conditions.
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Since at least 2002, developers have built thousands of windowless bedrooms in the city, most of them in apartment buildings meant for university students.
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The City of Austin will give $1,000 a month for a year to just over 100 families. Last week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Harris County over a similar program.
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University students, along with professors, have advocated for this change, arguing that living in bedrooms without windows is unhealthy.
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Lawyers argued the city violated state law when it created a tax increment refinancing zone, or TIRZ, across several South Austin neighborhoods. The city's plan would have used property taxes to fund, in part, the former Austin American-Statesman site.
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Los miembros del Consejo estudiarán la modificación de las normas que regulan la altura de los edificios, la cantidad de terreno necesaria para construir una casa y las normas de urbanización cerca de las futuras estaciones de tren ligero.
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Council members will consider amending rules governing building height, the amount of land needed to build a house and development rules near future light-rail stations.
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Does Austin have a rat problem? The answer is hard to get at — or, scratch at.
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KUT quiere saber cómo es la vida de los inquilinos.
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KUT's housing reporter, Audrey McGlinchy, wants your stories. She may reach out to you to learn more.
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Las estimaciones de población publicadas por la Oficina del Censo de Estados Unidos la semana pasada muestran una inversión de las tendencias demográficas en el condado que incluye a Austin.