New Austin budget: $79M for affordable housing, $3.4M for disaster response

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin City Council on Thursday adopted a new $5 billion budget and tax rates for fiscal year 2022-23 which includes $79 million each for both the homelessness response and affordable housing.
The City said many investments were made with improving staff recruitment and retention in mind, so a $20 hourly living wage for city employees was approved as part of the budget.
“The budget adopted by Council today puts the City in a strong position to recruit and retain the p