{"id":7599,"date":"2018-12-28T08:01:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T08:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/blog\/city-tearing-down-houses-in-austin-neighborhoods-to-ease-flooding\/"},"modified":"2018-12-28T08:01:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T08:01:12","slug":"city-tearing-down-houses-in-austin-neighborhoods-to-ease-flooding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/media\/city-tearing-down-houses-in-austin-neighborhoods-to-ease-flooding\/","title":{"rendered":"City tearing down houses in Austin neighborhoods to ease flooding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_lGoRdMcfHM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<h3>More info on City tearing down houses in Austin neighborhoods to ease flooding<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ss-local-rss\"><div class=\"rss_header\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/cn.bing.com\/news\/search\/?q=City+tearing+down+houses+in+Austin+neighborhoods+to+ease+flooding&amp;qft=sortbydate%3D%221%22&amp;format=rss\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"rss_title\">City tearing down houses in Austin neighborhoods to ease flooding - BingNews<\/a><br \/><span class=\"rss_description\"> Search results<\/span><\/h2><\/div><ul>\n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=6644617927974996ac2a0c51958c400c&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fmoney%2Frealestate%2Fwill-home-phase-2-create-more-attainable-housing-or-destroy-austin-neighborhoods%2Far-BB1mox92&amp;c=16117895146939898739&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWill \"HOME\" Phase 2 create more attainable housing or destroy Austin neighborhoods?\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Phase two of Austin\u2019s \"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 ...<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            \n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=6644617927974996ac2a0c51958c400c&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.austinchronicle.com%2Fnews%2F2024-04-19%2Fare-all-these-new-smaller-houses-gonna-be-airbnbs%2F&amp;c=13896310860089678551&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAre All These New Smaller Houses Gonna Be Airbnbs?\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>With City Council making a raft ... 2\u201d residence (i.e., their rental house) and prohibited \u201cnon-sleeping\u201d activities in an attempt to clamp down on raucous parties that were then \u2013 and ...<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            \n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=6644617927974996ac2a0c51958c400c&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fmoney%2Frealestate%2Ftexas-flooding-brings-new-urgency-to-houston-home-buyout-program%2Far-BB1m8XG0&amp;c=2345347942276774069&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTexas flooding brings new urgency to Houston home buyout program\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>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\u2019 worth of rainfall on ...<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            \n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=6644617927974996ac2a0c51958c400c&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crainsdetroit.com%2Fcrains-forum-urban-flooding%2Furban-flooding-midwest-new-norm-we-can-ease-it&amp;c=10169308261688789133&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOpinion: Urban flooding is the new norm; we need to rethink how we protect ourselves\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>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 ...<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            \n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=6644617927974996ac2a0c51958c400c&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Fnews%2Farticle-13365433%2FThe-surprising-major-city-Australia-houses-affordable.html&amp;c=13277874818356299824&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe surprising major city in Australia where houses are still affordable\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>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 ...<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            \n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=6644617927974996ac2a0c51958c400c&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhpr.org%2F2024-04-30%2Fprotestors-double-down-at-university-of-texas-austin-and-so-do-police&amp;c=4289046931656639023&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tProtestors double down at University of Texas-Austin. And so do police\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>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 ...<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            \n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=6644617927974996ac2a0c51958c400c&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wunc.org%2F2024-04-30%2Fprotestors-double-down-at-university-of-texas-austin-and-so-do-police&amp;c=14861476300769592196&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tProtestors double down at University of Texas-Austin. And so do police\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>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 ...<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            \n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=6644617927974996ac2a0c51958c400c&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wwno.org%2Fnpr-news%2F2024-04-30%2Fprotestors-double-down-at-university-of-texas-austin-and-so-do-police&amp;c=3686329689435981513&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tProtestors double down at University of Texas-Austin. And so do police\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>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 ...<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            \n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=6644617927974996ac2a0c51958c400c&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wvxu.org%2F2024-04-30%2Fprotestors-double-down-at-university-of-texas-austin-and-so-do-police&amp;c=11012074775181127959&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tProtestors double down at University of Texas-Austin. And so do police\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>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 ...<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            \n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=6644617927974996ac2a0c51958c400c&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.france24.com%2Fen%2Fafrica%2F20240430-in-pictures-flash-flooding-in-western-kenya-sweeps-away-homes-and-cars-killing-at-least-45&amp;c=14320298848043372283&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIn pictures: Flash flooding in western Kenya sweeps away homes and cars, killing at least 45\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>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.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            \n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=6644617927974996ac2a0c51958c400c&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wfaa.com%2Farticle%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Ffamilies-attempting-to-dry-out-after-flood-waters-damage-cars-homes-everman%2F287-c1118ba4-ddc2-4fbb-b9eb-b2740df1993b&amp;c=15635292959895367606&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFamilies attempting to 'dry out' after flood waters damage cars, homes in Everman\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>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.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            \n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=6644617927974996ac2a0c51958c400c&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Freason.com%2Fvolokh%2F2024%2F04%2F28%2Ffires-response-to-police-dispersing-pro-palestinian-protesters-at-ut-austin%2F&amp;c=13096868688184500983&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFIRE's Response to Police Dispersing Pro-Palestinian Protesters at UT Austin\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>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 ...<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            <\/ul> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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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