Gentrification

Real estate development, property values, taxes and rent will likely rise around new train stations and transit hubs approved in last year’s $7.1 billion Project Connect bond. Austin wants to prevent residents from being pushed out.

Austin voters will decide in November whether to raise property taxes to help pay for Project Connect, the transit expansion plan. Leaders promise the…

An affordable housing advocate says the city's rewrite of the land development code would boost affordable housing, but there's room to do more.The city…

The grassroots Austin Justice Coalition focuses primarily on criminal justice and related issues, but the impact of development and displacement on…

Austin’s new land use code, which determines what can be built in the city and where, is one step closer to being finalized – but first, one city body is…

Families affected by gentrification in certain Austin neighborhoods can now get a point in their favor when applying for low-income housing through a new…

From Texas Standard:Many Texas cities have neighborhoods that have been changed by gentrification: Bishop Arts District in Dallas and East Austin are just…

Chef Darold Gordon set up shop in East Austin after moving from New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. Over the last 15 years, he has seen the…

Development has overtaken Rainey Street for the past decade and a half, but musician John Contreras was long a stalwart in the face of expansion and said…

Nearly 30 people leaned against the railing on the second floor of a bar made out of shipyard containers. It was a warm Saturday night in September. Down…