Zoning

Racial covenants made it illegal for Black people to live in white neighborhoods. Now they're illegal, but you might still have one on your home's deed. And they're hard to remove.

Amending a restrictive covenant often requires hiring a lawyer and getting buy-in from a majority of neighbors. HB 1202, which passed out of the House and is being considered by the Senate, could make deleting discriminatory language easier.

The City of Austin on Thursday appealed a Travis County judge’s order voiding votes taken in an ongoing process to adopt a new land development code.Last…

Lawyers representing a group of Austin homeowners will argue in court this week that landowners have the right to formally protest the rezoning of their…

The Austin City Council released the second draft of its land development code Friday. It's the latest step in the city's more than half-decade-long…

The University of Texas is rising – or rather, buildings on West Campus are now allowed to go higher.The Austin City Council voted Thursday to increase…

Less than a week out from the release of the latest version of CodeNEXT, city commissions are weighing in on what they’d like to see in this latest draft…

As Austin’s new land development code, known as CodeNEXT is being written, city staff and the private sector are working to understand how it will shape…

The current draft of CodeNEXT continues to face scrutiny at City Hall. Last night, members of Austin’s Planning Commission and the Zoning and Platting…

From Texas Standard:Each legislative session, there are bills that grab the spotlight and then those that move through far more quietly, but still have…