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Gabriel C. Pérez/KUT NewsIf you’re looking forward to sorting through your food scraps next week, you might have to wait a little longer. While the requirement technically goes into effect Tuesday, many apartment buildings will be slow to adopt the change, if at all. -
Michael Minasi/KUT NewsThe shelter was set to close in March, but will now operate until a new location is found, city officials said. The city is not yet sure how it will pay for it.
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The idea was simple. Take existing hotel rooms and turn them into apartments. It would be quick and cheap, elected officials said. However, opening Pecan Gardens was anything but. -
Starting Friday, landowners can apply to split their land into smaller lots. But builders in Austin say existing regulations will likely make this hard to do. -
Hundreds of thousands of renters in the Austin area are, quite literally, burdened by the price of shelter, meaning they have less income to spend on groceries, transportation and healthcare. -
A third of neighborhoods in the Austin metro are what researchers call "rental deserts," or neighborhoods where it’s difficult to find a home for rent. -
Since May 2023, the average monthly rent in the Austin area has declined. Prices are down 6% compared to this time last year. -
For the first time in 80 years, Austin's elected leaders have voted to lower the amount of space needed to build one house — down to 1,800 square feet of land. -
Council members on Thursday will consider changing rules governing building height, the amount of land needed to build a house and development rules near future light-rail stations.
