by Daryl Slusher | Jun 11, 2025 | City Council 2025, Land Development Code/Zoning
The Austin City Council had another crowded zoning agenda on June 5. Numerous residents of East Austin turned out to express reservations about proposed DB90s (Density Bonus, 90 feet in height) at the northeast corner of Oak Springs and Airport and another at 2967...
by Daryl Slusher | Jun 3, 2025 | City Council 2025, Land Development Code/Zoning
To begin let’s return briefly to the City Council meeting on May 22 of this year. The Acacia Cliffs item is about to be heard. That’s the case in which the owner of a naturally occurring affordable apartment complex in northwest Austin is proposing to tear down the...
by Daryl Slusher | May 15, 2025 | City Council 2025, Land Development Code/Zoning
The Acacia Cliffs apartment complex on Hart Lane in Northwest Austin defies several Austin political/governance precepts that get repeated often by members of the “progressive” cohort. First of all Acacia Cliffs is a high density affordable housing development in NW...
by Daryl Slusher | Apr 14, 2025 | City Council 2025, Land Development Code/Zoning
“I can tell you for certain that Austin, Texas is in the vanguard of the national housing discussion and cities all over this country right now have been looking to us for ideas about how they address their own affordability challenges. Boston, Philadelphia, Dallas,...
