, ,   Austin Chamber of Commerce

Council adopted the Strategic Housing Blueprint last year, calling for 13,500 new units annually over 10 years. This gets us to break-even in terms of need. Would you support amending the City’s proposed Strategic Housing Plan to increase the number to at least 15,000 housing units per year for 10 years, keeping the breakout across income levels and including permanent supportive housing for those chronically experiencing homelessness? (Y/N; Explain)

City of Austin : City Council, District 1

Yes Our belief is that housing is a human right. Approaching fair housing from a policy perspective has not fared …

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Lewis Conway Jr.

Yes Ensuring supportive housing for the homeless, low income and affordable housing, less expensive housing options through density in addition …

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Vincent Harding

Yes. Passing the Affordable Housing bond would be a good start. We need to work with the affordable housing community …

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Natasha Harper-Madison

Yes, I would support amending the Strategic Housing Plan to add to the housing goal. We currently have an employment …

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Mariana Salazar

Yes. The Strategic Housing Blueprint’s comprehensive approach deserves expansion due to the critical nature of the needs throughout Austin. We …

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Reedy Macque Spigner III

City of Austin : City Council, District 3

Yes We need to get beyond breaking even. We need an amount of stock that will help put downwards pressures …

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Justin Jacobson

Yes Of course. It certainly helps the supply portion of the complex formula. In addition to the increase I would …

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Amit Motwani

Yes Because we need to be proactive about addressing housing issue.

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Sabino “Pio” Renteria

City of Austin : City Council, District 8

Yes I do support amending the City’s proposed Strategic Housing Plan to increase the housing goal to 15,000 units per …

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Rich DePalma

No I am supportive of the conversation being raised, but I cannot commit to specific numbers or income-level breakouts without …

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Bobby Levinski

While not ideal (because I don’t think that government is best positioned to most effectively address this growing challenge), we …

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Frank Ward III

City of Austin : City Council, District 9

Yes I think having incremental goals is useful to help measure progress and make adjustments as necessary.

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Danielle Skidmore

No I support and voted for the Strategic Housing Blueprint, which set a relatively high standard for City housing goals …

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Kathie Tovo

City of Austin : Mayor

No. Not at this point. We achieved a good political and practical balance in passing the blueprint, sufficient for our …

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John Doe

No. Not at this point. We achieved a good political and practical balance in passing the blueprint, sufficient for our …

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Steve Adler

Yes. Yes Our plan of Incentivized Cooperative Contributionism can provide likely more than 25,000 units per year, and will eradicate …

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Travis Duncan

No I fully support accelerating the provision of deeply affordable housing, but do not believe it is productive to pursue …

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Laura Morrison

No I certainly support affordable housing and believe the City should deliver on the 13,500 units already promised before making …

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Todd Phelps