Bad news for NIMBY's

BREAKING: The Austin City Council votes to amend rules limiting how tall buildings can be within a certain distance of a single-family home.

The city cuts this distance from 540 feet to 75 feet. No story on this yet, but some general background: https://t.co/QRvmDuFwZa

— Audrey McGlinchy (@AKMcGlinchy) May 17, 2024

BREAKING: The Austin City Council votes to lower the amount of land needed to build one house, called minimum lot size, to 1,800 sq feet.

That's down from 5,750 sq feet, originally adopted in 1946. Story coming soon.

— Audrey McGlinchy (@AKMcGlinchy) May 17, 2024

Good.

Affordable housing -------- on your 400 square foot lot.

Probably trying to increase density as parts of Austin are set to secede:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/texas/article-13421905/texas-austin-secession-vote-lost-creek-crime.html

" Many never wanted to be part of City of Austin to begin with when it was annexed nine years ago in 2015.

But as Democrat-run Texas capital faces a public safety crisis - with a shortfall of nearly 500 police officers - tempers have reached boiling point and many residents believe they'd be better off on their own.

'What an FU to the Mayor and Council of Austin,' tweeted local retired judge and attorney Bill Aleshire on election night.

And Lost Creek is not alone, with two other neighborhoods also voting to leave the city this month. "