Senior Columnist Maria Vazquez argues that Austin’s evolution has given students new opportunities but also stripped away affordability.

The Housing Initiative Transactional Clinic provides legal representation on complex real estate development projects to build affordable housing. Clients include nonprofit, community-based affordable ...

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A little more than a year after Austin Mayor Kirk Watson declared the city was in an "affordability crisis," a new study says it's since become one of the most economical major metros in the world.

Hosseini and Small, along with their managing editor, sophomore Grant Lindberg, have revived the once influential underground newspaper, publishing the first issue in nearly fifty years in September.

The editorial board of The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com endorses Austin N. Davis for Cleveland City Council Ward 7.

The Institute for Urban Public Health opened with a ribbon cutting at the newly renovated W.R. Banks Child Development Center.

Austin Beutner said city officials showed a 'failure of leadership' on the Palisades fire, which took 12 lives and damaged thousands of homes, including his.

The groundbreaking of The Works III at Tillery community, a 120-unit housing project for homeless youths in East Austin, took place Friday.

A 75-year old housing cooperative nestled in the West Campus neighborhood near the University of Texas at Austin will receive a historic designation after a vote by the Austin City Council ...