No one who drives by 4700 East Riverside Drive today would notice anything out of the ordinary. It’s just under 100 acres in size and contains a handful of unremarkable-looking apartment complexes, all built in the late 1990s and early 2000s. For the moment, though, the site is serving as ground zero for Austin’s twin ...
Last year, the members of Austin’s land-development industry were stunned when everyday Austinites rose up and forced the withdrawal of CodeNEXT, a rezoning plan that would have worsened our community’s affordability crisis and displaced scores of families from their homes. It was a temporary setback for those land developers, not a knockout blow. This May, ...
Austin Mayor Steve Adler insists local residents are demanding denser housing, but some of City Hall’s most senior officials think he’s wrong. After the narrow defeat of Proposition J last November, Adler declared there was “no doubt” that voters wanted to make sweeping changes to the local land code—changes like those proposed by CodeNEXT, which ...
Think CodeNEXT is dead? Think again. This May, the Austin City Council slapped together a new land-redevelopment plan with the same goal in mind: the replacement of thousands of existing homes with luxurious developments designed to make land speculators wealthy. This map shows the “transition” zones proposed by the city council, areas where they want ...
If you live in Austin and aren’t a member of the 1%, then watch out: The “next” CodeNEXT has arrived, and it could displace you, your family, and your neighbors. It all depends on the location of your home. Check our map to see if you’re at risk. A few weeks ago, the Austin City ...