Affordability

The “True Texas Tunes” series kicked off at the Lake Austin H-E-B on Wednesday, benefiting the local nonprofit Housing Opportunities for Musicians and Entertainers. HOME raises money to cover housing and health care costs for local artists.

The DB90 program is intended to create different levels of affordable housing in places where it's needed, including along commercial and transit corridors. But affordable housing advocates argue the program doesn't go far enough to protect existing affordable housing.

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.

After years of falling short, Austin is making gains in growing the number of affordable housing units.

The Central Texas Food Bank says 1 in 6 Hays County residents experience food insecurity. A lack of grocery stores and public transit is contributing to the problem.

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.

The study looked at the causes of death of more than 1,000 people without housing who died over a five-year period.

Just over half of renters in the Austin area spent more than 30% of their income on rent and utilities, according to a new analysis of census data by Harvard University.

More than a thousand people applied to Austin's Live Music Fund grant program in 2024. More than $4.5 million was doled out to nearly 140 recipients. But many longtime artists were denied assistance.

In addition to the donation, H-E-B has announced new stores planned in East Austin, with a Manor store slated to open next year.