Natasha Harper-Madison
City Council, District 1
I want to work with old and new neighbors to preserve what makes Austin unique while ensuring our city has a future that’s affordable and accessible. We can’t “Keep Austin Weird” without having enough housing so that weird people who prioritize creativity and community can afford to live here.
We need a new, simplified land development code that facilitates the creation of walkable neighborhoods and neighborhood amenities like small grocery stores, childcare facilities, and green spaces. A code that legalizes the development of gentle density by-right, and eliminates minimum lot size restrictions and unnecessary minimum parking requirements that create impervious cover and high costs for small businesses and housing.