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January 31, 2019
Due to the ubiquity of concrete batch plants, many communities throughout Texas are suffering from the pollution caused by concrete batch plants. Neighbors report particulate emissions coating their homes and cars and causing respiratory problems. They also object to the diesel trucks that cut through their communities and emit toxic air pollutants while idling outside […] -
December 17, 2018
The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program is the largest affordable rental housing program in Texas and the United States. Close to 260,000 Texas families live in over 2,500 LIHTC properties across the state. As a result of weak preservation policies and programs, Texas has lost thousands of these affordable homes, and without sweeping policy […] -
September 29, 2018
The majority of public water systems in Texas are in compliance with contaminant standards and reporting requirements. However, hundreds of public water systems are supplying their customers with water containing unsafe levels of contaminants and have been for years. These systems are frequently, though not always, small systems in rural areas of the state. This […] -
September 18, 2018
New report from UT identifies Austin’s gentrifying neighborhoods and strategies for addressing the displacement of residents A new report by UT researchers identifies a wave of gentrification sweeping through Austin neighborhoods, displacing low-income African-American and Hispanic renters. The report, Uprooted: Residential Displacement in Austin’s Gentrifying Neighborhoods and What Can Be Done About It, is authored […] -
July 1, 2018
This Guide is intended primarily for affordable housing developers and parts of the guide may also be helpful for the low and moderate-income families they serve. The goal of the Guide is to introduce the Community Land Trust affordable homeownership program to readers who are not yet familiar with it; to connect readers to excellent […] -
January 26, 2018
Authors: Heather K. Way and Carol Fraser, The University of Texas School of Law Entrepreneurship and Community Clinic Houston is a city of renters, with more than 420,000 rental housing units and the third highest number of occupied apartments in the country. Many of these apartments, however, are unsafe and deteriorating. Following decades of weak […] -
July 26, 2015
Report: Addressing Dangerous Rental Properties in Austin (Spring and Summer 2015)
The Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic has published the report, “An Analysis of Austin’s Repeat Offender Program and Efforts to Address Dangerous Rental Properties.” The report finds major flaws with the City of Austin’s policies for addressing hazardous building conditions at older rental properties. The report, prepared by students and faculty, expands on the Clinic’s prior […] -
May 1, 2014
A Guide to Creating eTOD for Austin’s Project Connect
