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Court Rules Against City Hall for Third Time, Finding It Failed to Notify Austinites of Zoning Protest Rights

With your help, we won another major court battle against the City of Austin!



On November 8, Travis County District Judge Jessica Mangrum ruled the City of Austin violated both state law and a prior injunction when it failed to properly notify property owners of three major zoning changes passed in 2022.



Unfortunately, city officials are trying to do it again. Their misleadingly named “HOME” initiative is yet another citywide rezoning plan that threatens to eliminate single-family zoning across our community. To suppress your voice, City Hall is once again trying to interfere with your protest rights. They have also scheduled the hearing for December 7, during in the busy holiday season.



Stand up for your rights and file your protest. We will deliver your protest to the city electronically and a hard copy in person. The protest deadline has been extended to December 5—only three weeks away!
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FILE YOUR PROTEST

This is the third time since 2020 that a court has ruled the city broke the law when it failed to provide notice to property owners affected by rezoning efforts and honor their protest rights.
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Three Steps You Can Take to Protect Your Home and Neighborhood from the City of Austin’s “HOME” Rezoning Plan

File your protest by December 5. A protest helps protect your property from the City of Austin’s “HOME” rezoning plan. If the plan is approved, any single-family lot 5,000 square feet or larger could be subdivided to allow a total of six units, and a lot of 7,500 square feet could be subdivided to allow a total of nine units. Larger lots could be subdivided even further and hold dozens of units. Donate to our effort. Help us fund our costly litigation against the City of Austin, and help us reach Austinites who aren’t aware of the city’s assault on single-family neighborhoods. Contact the members of the city council. Tell them not to approve the “HOME” rezoning plan because it will hurt Austin!

Together we can build an Austin for everyone!

Stand up for Austin neighborhoods. Thank you!

Some good real estate news!

Conventional loan limits for 2024 have been increased from $726,200 to $750,000!

This means that you can buy a $750,000 home and only need 3% down!!

Previously, a loan that size would be considered a jumbo loan and required 10 to 20% down payment.

If you are ready to take advantage of this and move up, please call me to assist you.

It is time to write City Council to let them know what you think about them removing Single Family Zoning in Austin. If you want to retain your quality of life and not have three to six 3+ story homes with zero setbacks/lot lines next door to your house, please write them now.

City Hall Wants Three Units on Every Austin Lot—and Soon That Number Will Jump to Six (or More)

Austin City Council Member Leslie Pool’s plan to kill single-family zoning is moving quickly. We don’t know when we will see the actual ordinance, but it will be split into two phases:

The first will allow three housing units on every Austin lot (including recreational vehicles as housing units) The second will allow the subdivision of every lot into 2,500-square-foot parcels

That means a 5,000-square-foot lot could be subdivided into two lots to hold a total of six units, and a 7,500-square-foot lot could be turned into three lots, with a total of nine units. Bigger lots could be subdivided even further, potentially holding dozens of units.
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To accommodate the new units, the council plans on allowing more impervious cover, allowing taller neighborhood buildings, and decreasing the setbacks around structures.



The first hearing on the plan is set for October 26—but contact council members before their October 5 meeting and tell them we need at least two weeks to study the ordinance, and that they need to be transparent with the community about their “Phase 2” plans.