Real Estate And Development

If you’re a renter in Texas and you fail to pay your rent, your landlord may have the legal right to enter your home and take your belongings. The clause,…

For the past several weeks, a group of nine local nonprofits, government agencies and private companies have been mapping out new solutions to the city’s…

As Austin’s new land development code, CodeNEXT, is being crafted, some residents see the process as a chance to address longstanding issues of racial and…

The California-based company hired to help rewrite Austin's land development code is not meeting contractual goals to hire local minority-owned and…

A development going up in East Austin could provide a more affordable option for home ownership. The Fourth & condos feature what are called micro-units,…

Austin City Council has voted to sue the state of Texas over a law that blocks the city from enforcing an anti-discrimination housing ordinance.“I believe…

For five weeks in 2001, Karen Paup spent her afternoons with other Austin residents talking about the city’s changing Eastside. The group included a…

It’s hard to come by vacant land in downtown Austin these days, and the few empty blocks that remain are quickly being scooped up by developers. One of…

When we talk about gentrification in Austin, the conversation tends to center around rapid redevelopment on the city’s East Side. But residents of other…

To no one's surprise, Austin is one of the most expensive cities to live in in Texas. Residents here need to earn around $23 an hour to afford rent for a…