By now, you’ve probably heard the City of Austin is raising CodeNEXT from the dead—but did you know you have the power to fight back? Section 211.006(d) of the Texas Local Government Code gives you the right to protest zoning changes affecting your property and properties located nearby. Community Not Commodity launched FileYourProtest.com to […]
For the past several months, city officials have been working on a rewrite of Austin’s land-development code. The local media has nicknamed the project “Son of CodeNEXT” and “the next CodeNEXT,” and Community Not Commodity has long warned that City Hall may come up with something just as bad as last year’s failed effort. We […]
Austin is in the middle of a full-blown displacement crisis. The number of local residents pushed out of their homes by wealthy newcomers and gentrification has skyrocketed over the past 20 years, and City Hall’s controversial “Son of CodeNEXT” rezoning proposal will only accelerate the trend. Low-income residents of color have been the hardest-hit. Austin […]
This is not a drill. On Friday, October 4th, our mayor and city council are scheduled to release a map showing the extent of their controversial “Son of CodeNEXT” rezoning proposal, which threatens to do away with single-family neighborhoods throughout Austin. The Son of CodeNEXT is worse than its infamous predecessor. It allows the replacement […]
Directed by Austin filmmaker Steve Mims, Zoned Out: The Legacy of CodeNEXT is an independently funded investigative documentary focusing on the City of Austin’s repeated attempts to rezone our community’s established neighborhoods. It takes a hard look at the economic and political forces that fueled the failed CodeNEXT plan and that pushed for its […]
