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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Es una elección que ha atraído poca atención. Pero podría tener consecuencias para el sistema local del impuesto a la propiedad inmueble.
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It’s an election that has attracted little attention. But it could have consequences for the local property tax system.
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Protesters tried to block buses from leaving with those who were arrested. Police responded by arresting more people, throwing flash-bangs and spraying the crowd with what seemed like pepper spray.
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A university spokesperson originally said students would be banned even though charges against them had been dismissed.
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La ciudad de Austin dará 1.000 dólares al mes durante un año a algo más de 100 familias. La semana pasada, el fiscal general de Texas, Ken Paxton, demandó al condado de Harris por un programa similar.
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Desde al menos 2002, los desarrolladores inmobiliarios han construido miles de habitaciones sin ventanas en la ciudad, la mayoría de ellas en edificios de departamentos destinados a estudiantes universitarios.
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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.