Council advances updates, compliance for city‑funded rental housing projects The council adopted resolutions directing the Housing Department to update rental housing development assistance guidelines and to create compliance and monitoring for city‑funded rental projects. Tenant advocates, formerly unhoused residents and council members urged stronger lease addenda, shorter criminal‑background lookback periods and a secret

Austin City Council is taking bold steps to ensure tenant protections are not just words on paper, but enforceable rights for those in city-funded housing.

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Austin Council Discusses Tenant Relocation Ordinance and Cost Study Findings City officials review tenant relocation policies and findings from recent cost study.

Austin is taking bold steps to protect renters with a revamped tenant relocation ordinance—could this be the model for cities facing redevelopment challenges?

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