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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Por todos es sabido que cuando las temperaturas en Texas descienden por debajo del punto de congelación, empieza a gotear agua de los grifos. Pero Austin es una ciudad de transplantes, y esto es algo que muchos nunca han tenido que hacer.
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It’s common knowledge that when temperatures in Texas drop below freezing, you start dripping water from your faucets. But Austin is a city of transplants, and this is something many have never had to do.
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Tras cinco años de aplicación de un plan decenal de vivienda, un informe anual muestra que los promotores no han construido tantas viviendas asequibles como esperaban los responsables políticos.
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Five years into a decade-long plan for housing, an annual report shows developers have not built as much affordable housing as elected officials hoped.
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De acuerdo con un análisis de la Oficina de Impuestos del Condado de Travis, la factura promedio de impuestos a los bienes inmuebles para los propietarios que viven en sus casas es de $658 menos que el año anterior. Esto se produce después de que los votantes de Texas aprobaron una propuesta en noviembre que cambió la forma en que se gravan las propiedades para pagar las escuelas.
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According to an analysis by the Travis County Tax Office, the average property tax bill for homeowners who live in their homes is $658 less than the year before. This comes after Texas voters approved a proposition in November that changed how homeowners are taxed to pay for schools.
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Austin ignoró la ley estatal cuando aprobó tres políticas de vivienda, según dictaminó el viernes una jueza de distrito del condado de Travis. Estas políticas permitían a los desarrolladores ignorar algunas normas de zonificación siempre que reservaran una parte de lo que construyeran para personas con bajos ingresos.
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Judge orders Austin to scrap rules that let developers build more in exchange for affordable housingAustin ignored state law when it passed three housing policies, a Travis County district judge ruled Friday. These policies allowed developers to ignore some zoning rules as long as they set aside a portion of what they built for people earning low incomes.
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Los miembros del Consejo votaron el jueves a favor de modificar las normas de uso del suelo de la ciudad, permitiendo a los promotores construir hasta tres viviendas donde antes sólo se permitían una o dos.
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Council members voted Thursday to amend the city's land use rules, allowing developers to build up to three homes where only one or two were previously permitted.