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Council candidates set forMay election
21,500 units needed outside Austin city limits 13.69% estimated five-year growth in Austin metropolitan area AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY THE NUMBERS
70,000 total units needed across Travis County
BY TAYLOR GIRTMAN
members are elected at large and serve two-year terms. In Leander, Place 1, 3 and 5 council member seats are up for election. Council members are elected at large and serve three-year terms. Early voting will run April 25-May 3. Election day is May 7.
Cedar Park and Leander voters alike will see nine candidates on their respective city’s May 7 ballot for city council. In Cedar Park, voters will decide on the mayor, Place 2, Place 4 and Place 6 council seats. Mayors and council
SOURCES: HOUSINGWORKS AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY/COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
Travis County growth could necessitate 70k additional affordable housing units by 2026
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CEDAR PARK CANDIDATES MAYOR
LEANDER CANDIDATES
BY DARCY SPRAGUE
includes additional homes that would need to be added to address new population growth and does not include the current unfilled need. It is also a provisional goal, which could be adjusted before the county officially adopts it. “The numbers I have been looking at are almost double those,” County Commissioner Jeff Travillion said. Awais Azhar with HousingWorks Austin said it would be difficult to calculate the exact numbers of units needed currently because the housing market and local economy have changed rapidly since that data was last collected.
Travis County will need roughly 70,000 more affordable housing units within the next five years to address population growth, accord- ing to a preliminary recommenda- tion provided by HousingWorks Austin. The data was presented to the Travis County Commissioners Court on Feb. 24 as part of the county’s process to establish a strategic housing blueprint—an effort to take a comprehensive look at the county’s affordable housing situation, similar to the one the city of Austin uses. The 70,000-unit figure only
PLACE 1
Jim Penniman-Morin Claudia Chavez Mike Guevara
Kathryn Pantalion-Parker* Trey Schisser
PLACE 3
PLACE 2
Juan Alanis Steve Hanes Roslyn Littles David McDonald
Collin Klein Mel Kirkland*
PLACE 4
PLACE 5
Eric Boyce* Dorian Chavez
Annette Sponseller Chris Czernek* Bill Louden
PLACE 6
Tim Kelly Heather Jefts*
SOURCES: CITY OF CEDAR PARK, CITY OF LEANDER/COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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