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 ...
CodeNEXT is dead and gone, right? Wrong. City officials withdrew the reviled plan last August, but the real estate speculators who supported it are still trying to get their hands on the land underneath Austin’s single-family homes. Now it looks like they have a plan to make it happen. In early May, our city council ...
It looks like CodeNEXT was just a warm-up. The real estate developers who supported last year’s failed plan are back, and this time they’re fighting for even more than they wanted before. Last week, the Austin City Council sent City Manager Spencer Cronk a set of guidelines to use in his revision of our community’s ...