{"id":20399,"date":"2019-02-09T02:15:53","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T08:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pintailcos.com\/new-plan-could-provide-much-needed-subsidized-housing\/"},"modified":"2019-02-09T02:15:53","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T08:15:53","slug":"new-plan-could-provide-much-needed-subsidized-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pintailcos.com\/web\/new-plan-could-provide-much-needed-subsidized-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"New Plan Could Provide Much-Needed Subsidized Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"A new plan targeting nonprofit organizations spearheading affordable housing could lead to an increase in dense, subsidized housing throughout Austin. The program, recently introduced to the Austin City Council by council member Greg Casar, waives zoning and design standards, as well as parking and other requirements, for groups such as Habitat for Humanity.\nThe program also would waive compatibility standards for height and setbacks and could allow at least six units on a lot \u2014 if feasible \u2014 for projects of three units or greater. This would assume that at least half the units are reserved for renters at or below 60% of the median-family income or at or below 80% of median family income.\nThe city council will soon vote on the resolution. If approved, it will go through the planning commission for analysis of land code changes before returning to the council for a final vote.\nConnect Houston is just around the corner! For more information \u2014 or to attend \u2014 click here.\nRead More at Community Impact \nConnect with Austin\u2019s Casar\nGet CRE News in 150 words \nFor comments, questions or concerns, please contact Amy Sorter\nThe post New Plan Could Provide Much-Needed Subsidized Housing appeared first on Connect Media.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new plan targeting nonprofit organizations spearheading affordable housing could lead to an increase in dense, subsidized housing throughout Austin. The program, recently introduced to the Austin City Council by council member Greg Casar, waives zoning and design standards, as well as parking and other requirements, for groups such as Habitat for Humanity. The program […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t