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For some Central Texans, watering a house's foundation is standard practice in the summer months. Whether it's beneficial or not is up for debate.
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The City Council is proposing to lower the minimum home lot size by more than half in an effort to encourage smaller homes such as townhomes and fourplexes.
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The projects would have brought some relief to the city's years-long affordable housing waitlist. The delays are another setback to the city's goal of bringing tens of thousands more affordable apartment units to Austin by 2027.
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How developers and environmentalists made peace in the ’90s and charted a course for Austin's growthWhen a new mayor came to power, he found what he thought would be a compromise — a way to build housing for all the people coming to Austin without threatening the city’s ecological gems. It turned out to be more complicated than that.
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In the 1990s, Austin voters passed landmark protections for parts of Southwest Austin that sit on top of the aquifer that feeds Barton Springs. That set off a chain of events that had a profound effect on how the city would grow in the coming decades.
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I-35 is more than a road. It's been sculpting Austin's housing scene for more than 60 years, encouraging endless sprawl and making gridlock a lifestyle.
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An ordinance passed during the pandemic gave tenants 90 days to pay overdue rent, fees and any additional charges before a landlord could begin the eviction process. But the ordinance is set to expire Friday, when the COVID disaster declaration ends.
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A recent study found nearly half of Austin's renters are paying a third of their paycheck (at least) on housing. Another showed renters need to make $26 an hour to comfortably afford a one-bedroom here.
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Austin has grown a lot in recent years — and the East Side has been impacted the most. To understand the city's pattern of displacement, we have to go back to 1928.
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Austin has uncommonly strict rules on constructing tall buildings near residential homes. That could soon change.