After decades of concern over flooding in two southwest Austin neighborhoods, the city is buying and tearing down houses to make way for new drainage.
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Will "HOME" Phase 2 create more attainable housing or destroy Austin neighborhoods?
Phase two of Austin’s "HOME" initiative will get a thumbs up or down at City Hall this week. Some say it's part of a solution for more affordable housing. Others think HOME, or Housing Options for ...
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Are All These New Smaller Houses Gonna Be Airbnbs?
With City Council making a raft ... 2” residence (i.e., their rental house) and prohibited “non-sleeping” activities in an attempt to clamp down on raucous parties that were then – and ...
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Texas flooding brings new urgency to Houston home buyout program
As a series of monster rainstorms lashed southeast Texas last week, thousands of homes flooded in low-lying neighborhoods around Houston. The storms dropped multiple months’ worth of rainfall on ...
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Opinion: Urban flooding is the new norm; we need to rethink how we protect ourselves
The Joyce Foundation funded a 2019 analysis by the Center for Neighborhood Technology, which found that 87% of flood damage claims in Chicago were paid in communities of color. What are some good ...
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The surprising major city in Australia where houses are still affordable
Melbourne is still a surprisingly affordable city for average-income borrowers looking to buy a house near the water and be a reasonable commute from the city, new figures show. Unlike Sydney ...
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Protestors double down at University of Texas-Austin. And so do police
NPR's Sergio Martinez-Beltran joins us from the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. Hi there. SERGIO MARTINEZ-BELTRAN, BYLINE: Hi. SUMMERS: Catch us up, if you can, on what's happening ...
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Protestors double down at University of Texas-Austin. And so do police
NPR's Sergio Martinez-Beltran joins us from the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. Hi there. SERGIO MARTINEZ-BELTRAN, BYLINE: Hi. SUMMERS: Catch us up, if you can, on what's happening ...
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Protestors double down at University of Texas-Austin. And so do police
NPR's Sergio Martinez-Beltran joins us from the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. Hi there. SERGIO MARTINEZ-BELTRAN, BYLINE: Hi. SUMMERS: Catch us up, if you can, on what's happening ...
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Protestors double down at University of Texas-Austin. And so do police
NPR's Sergio Martinez-Beltran joins us from the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. Hi there. SERGIO MARTINEZ-BELTRAN, BYLINE: Hi. SUMMERS: Catch us up, if you can, on what's happening ...
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In pictures: Flash flooding in western Kenya sweeps away homes and cars, killing at least 45
April 29, 2024 More than 200,000 people across Kenya have been hit by the floods, with houses in flood-prone areas submerged and people seeking refuge in schools.
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Families attempting to 'dry out' after flood waters damage cars, homes in Everman
Chambers Creek runs behind Melodi Phillips' mother's house. In the 20 ... neighbors are hoping that the City of Everman will do something about Chambers Creek flooding during heavy downpours.
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FIRE's Response to Police Dispersing Pro-Palestinian Protesters at UT Austin
less restrictive means" than shutting down the rally even when protesters are met with violence or disruption from those who disagree with their message. Instead, it appears UT Austin based its ...