City considers charging fee for demolition, to help pay for affordable housing

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Right now, Austin has about 60,000 non-subsidized affordable housing units — units that are at risk of being demolished. Austin City Council is hoping to pump the breaks of rapid demolition by potentially tacking on a fee.
“We need to be more assertive about preserving the existing affordable housing that we have,” Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo told KXAN.
The idea is for city staff to analyze the impact of demolishing those units.
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