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- Affordable and Fair Housing
- COVID-19 Relief
- Code Enforcement and Substandard Properties
- Gentrification and Displacement
- Historic Preservation
- Property Taxes
- Equitable Development
- Small Businesses
- Nonprofit Organizations
Affordable and Fair Housing
- Roadblocks and Potential Solutions to Affordable Condo Ownership in Mixed-Income Developments in Austin
December 2022 - CLTs & SB 1943 for Heir Property: Community Preservation Tools
July 2021 - Public Facility Corporations and the Section 303.042(f) Tax Break for Apartment Developments
September 2020 - Endangered: San Antonio’s Vanishing Mobile Home Parks and a Path for Preservation
January 2020 - The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program in Texas: Opportunities for State and Local Preservation Strategies
December 2018 - Community Land Trust Toolkit
July 2018 - The Importance of Affordable Housing in Competing for Federal New Starts Funding
June 2014 - Adding an “e” to TOD Best Practices for Incorporating Equity in Transit Oriented Development: A Guide to Creating eTOD for Austin’s Project Connect
May 2014 - The New Starts Grant and Affordable Housing: A Roadmap for Austin’s Project Connect
March 2014 - Fair Housing Legal Toolkit for Permanent Supportive Housing Providers: Addressing Local Opposition to PSH Developments
May 2011 - Furthering Fair Housing Choices for Voucher Tenants
September 2010 - The Texas Two-Step: Local Resources and Regulations that Increase Affordable Housing
May 2009 - Preserving Austin’s Multifamily Rental Housing – A Toolkit
April 2007
Code Enforcement and Substandard Properties
- Ousted: The City of San Antonio’s Displacement of Residents through Code Enforcement Actions
November 2021 - Out of Order: Houston’s Dangerous Apartment Epidemic
February 2018 - An Analysis of Austin’s 2-5-2 Repeat Offender Program And Efforts To Address Dangerous Rental Properties
June 2015 - Addressing Problem Properties: Legal and Policy Tools for a Safer Rundberg
April 2013 - Report: Addressing Problem Properties: Legal and Policy Tools for a Safer Rundberg and Safer Austin
August 2013 - The Facts about Rental Property Registration
July 2013 - An Analysis of Rental Property Registration in Austin
July 2013 - Texas Problem Properties Toolkit: A Resource to Help Texas Communities Address Problems Created By Vacant and Abandoned Properties
2010 Edition - Building Hope: Tools for Transforming Abandoned and Blighted Properties into Community Assets
December 2007
Gentrification and Displacement
- Texas Tenant Relocation Assistance Toolkit
August 2019 - Uprooted: Residential Displacement in Austin’s Gentrifying Neighborhoods and What Can Be Done About It
September 2018 - Tenant Displacement in Austin: A Policy Report Analyzing the City of Austin’s Tenant Relocation Policy at Shoreline Apartments with Recommendations for a City-Wide Policy Approach
August 2012
Historic Preservation
- Protecting African American Historic Places in Texas: A Community Legal Toolkit
August 2021 - Protecting And Preserving African-American Cemeteries In Texas
January 2020 - Understanding Austin’s Property Tax Exemption Program for Historic Properties: Opportunities for Reform through an Equity Lens
May 2023
Property Taxes
- Property Appraisal Protest Process
May 2022 - Inherited Homesteads and Increased Access to the Texas Homestead Exemption Under Senate Bill 1943
August 2020
Equitable Development
Small Businesses
- An Introduction to Mechanic’s Liens for Subcontractors
December 2020 - Una introducción a los gravamenes del mecánico
December 2020
Nonprofit Organizations