City Of Austin

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.

Austin recently awarded $3,000 grants to local organizations with grassroots solutions to some of the city's thorniest issues.

Ekos City Heights includes 179 income-restricted apartments for people 55 and older. Ten of the units are designated for people who had been homeless.

The changes mean the city will open overnight shelters when the temperatures are 35 degrees and below and will provide notification of opening up to one day before.

Election experts and officials said the ballots were found as part of the system of checks and balances that help ensure that every vote is counted.

Officers responded to a noise complaint at Avelino Medel's home. Before he answered the door, he was shot multiple times.

Davis comes to Austin by way of Cincinnati, where she started as a police officer in the '90s and worked her way up to assistant chief.

Issues around coordination and communication have plagued Austin's emergency shelter system, but the city made strides in the recent cold snap.

Findings in the new report indicate the city failed to address some of the same issues identified after the February 2021 freeze.

The city will pay people $25 an hour to help educate and connect others to housing programs, including those that provide funding for those struggling to pay rent.