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City Announces Request for Proposals for the Doris Hathaway Tract Development in Northwest Austin

The Austin Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) released a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) to identify a construction vendor for the Doris Hathaway Tract Development located in Northwest Austin at 2200 Doris Drive.

City of Austin Announces Compassionate Closure of High Wildfire Risk Encampment
The City of Austin's Homeless Strategy Office (HSO) has announced the compassionate closure of a sprawling encampment located on 37 acres of high wildfire risk land near the intersection of westbound Ben White Boulevard and Montopolis Drive. HSO…
Supportive Housing Community for Victims of Family Violence Coming to Southeast Austin – The Sasha

Austin Housing and the Austin Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) celebrate the groundbreaking of The Sasha, a 60-unit supportive housing community for victims of family violence. The site will be owned by The SAFE Alliance and developed by DMA.

Austin Water crews respond to Sanitary Sewer Overflow near Cyrilla Drive
Austin, TX - Austin Water crews responded to a broken 16-inch wastewater sewer main located behind 5806 Cyrilla Drive. Repair crews arrived shortly after the sanitary sewer overflow was discovered at 9:32 am and worked to stop and contain the…
City of Austin Activates Cold Weather Shelters Overnight Tuesday Through Thursday, Feb 18-20 
Austin, Texas – The City of Austin will activate Cold Weather Shelters (CWS) overnight Tuesday through Thursday, Feb. 18-20, as temperatures are forecasted to dip into the low 30s and 20s nightly during this period. Overnight temperatures on Monday…
City of Austin Activates Cold Weather Shelters on Sunday, Feb 16
With temperatures forecasted to dip into the 30s overnight Sunday into Monday morning, the City of Austin will open overnight Cold Weather Shelters (CSW) Sunday night, Feb. 16, 2025. Registration for shelter will occur between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. at…
Prescribed Burn Planned to Help Restore Native Grasslands on Austin’s Water Quality Protection Lands
AUSTIN – Austin Water’s Wildland Conservation Division plans to conduct a prescribed burn on approximately 288 acres of the Water Quality Protection Lands on Thursday, February 6. Smoke may be visible northeast of RR 3237, north of FM 150, south of…
City’s Homeless Strategy Office Moves 28 Unhoused Residents from Encampments into Shelters
The City of Austin’s Homeless Strategy Office, in collaboration with the Austin Watershed Protection Department, compassionately closed an encampment within a high flash flood risk area of the Country Club Creek watershed near the intersection of…
Austin Water and LCRA coordinating to return Lady Bird Lake to normal levels
AUSTIN - Yesterday, Austin Water crews responded to a failed gate at Longhorn Dam. One of nine Longhorn Dam gates which control lake levels failed in the open position while being inspected and repaired as part of a Capital Improvement Project. This…