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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Alrededor de dos tercios de las parcelas de la ciudad se considerarían en riesgo de sufrir daños por incendios forestales, frente al 35% de hace una década. Los cambios obligarían a los constructores a edificar más viviendas con materiales resistentes al fuego. -
About two-thirds of land parcels in the city would be considered at risk of damage from wildfire, up from about 35% a decade ago. The changes would require builders to construct more homes with fireproof materials.
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The city was scheduled to vote Thursday on rules that staff said would make it harder for short-term rental owners to skirt the city’s licensing requirements. -
La ciudad ha propuesto normas para dificultar el alquiler a corto plazo sin licencia municipal. Datos de terceros sugieren que miles de propietarios alquilan sus viviendas sin licencia. -
The city has proposed rules to make it hard to run a short-term rental without a city-issued license. Third-party data suggests thousands of owners rent out their homes without one.
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Según datos de Zillow, los alquileres promedio en el área metropolitana de Dallas-Fort Worth superan ahora a los de Austin por primera vez desde al menos 2015. -
According to data from Zillow, average rents in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro now outpace those in Austin for the first time since at least 2015.
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Se recomienda a los conductores permanecer fuera de las carreteras ya que las condiciones invernales persisten después de que cayera un poco de granizo y nieve durante la noche. -
The evening temperatures on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are all expected to dip below freezing. -
Según un análisis de KUT, estas empresas poseen y gestionan al menos 5,715 viviendas de alquiler en la zona metropolitana de Austin. Esto supone aproximadamente el 13% de todas las viviendas multifamiliares.
