Austin City Council

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.

Austin City Council faces a deadline on whether to spend hundreds of millions covering the highway with acres of public space at the expense of other priorities facing the city. KUT News did a deep dive on the project and interviewed council members during a livestream Monday.

The city will have to make some tough decisions about what programs and other needs to fund.

The standard fine for an expired or unpaid meter is going up to $75 – more than double the current cost.

The convention center will close in April as it undergoes a major renovation that is expected to last through 2028.

Thursday's unanimous vote means violators will be ticketed and fined. Fees could range from $50 to $300.

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.

Austin has adopted a new Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan, the subject of intense debate between the city utility and local environmentalists. City Council members added 14 amendments before approving it.

The city will use a combination of COVID relief money and general fund dollars to support the shelter through September 2025, but will then have to find a more permanent solution.

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