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Item Are small efficiency dwelling units the next wave for urban dwellers in Austin's infill development? : Exploring the development feasibility for small efficiency dwelling units in Austin's TODs(2012-12) Galindo Gimon, Andres Ignacio 1979-; Kahn, Terry D.The following report details research and analysis in order to assess the background market and market-based feasibility of the development of efficiency apartment units in the central Austin Area. It explores the potential and opportunities of reducing the size of apartments and promoting efficiency apartment unit development as a strategy to improve housing affordability for the Generation Y (Gen Y) population while taking advantage of urban redevelopment investments near Austin’s main TODs. The body of this study will discuss: (1) Generation Y and its impact on Austin’s housing market; (2) concepts and facts related to housing affordability; (3) strategies used by the city of Austin to promote infill development and existing transit oriented development sites; and (4) an overview of key housing development strategies and the real estate development process, including market analysis and absorption forecast under current housing market conditions. The study evaluates the implications of a significant demand for less expensive and smaller alternative housing products for a growing population group near downtown Austin. This report may contributes to the policy discussion about different approaches to housing affordability and offers an assessment guide for new housing development opportunities for a diverse range of city residents.Item Challenges facing non-profits in affordable housing development(2008-05) Ng, Michelle Denise; Mueller, Elizabeth J.This professional report examines the key contextual and organizational factors affecting community development corporations (CDCs) in the development of affordable housing. Using the findings of a systematic case study carried out by William Rohe and Rachel Bratt, I offer a detailed discussion of these factors in the context of a number of case studies, including an extensive discussion of the life cycle of Eastside Community Investments (ECI), a CDC that served the Near Eastside Neighborhood in Indianapolis, Indiana. Following this discussion, I explore a number of policy implications of this case study for the community development sector. The effective production of affordable housing involves a number of key players, including CDCs themselves, their intermediaries, the government, and the community; the active participation and commitment of all of these organizations is crucial to the long-term sustained success of the entire industry.Item The aesthetics of gentrification in the Clarksville national register of historic places historic district, Austin, Texas 1871-2003(Texas Tech University, 2003-12) Ross, Jennifer R.In order to provide an understanding of the historic significance of the neighborhood as well as the historic roots ofthe process of gentrification within the neighborhood, the study commences with a detailed historic context. Sources consulted include secondary resources held at the Austin History Center. The study then proceeds with a narrative description ofthe various extant historic domestic plan-types and associated architectural styles within the neighborhood. Following the property type definition is an in depth discussion ofthe process of gentrification within the neighborhood, starting with a general definition of gentrification and a discussion of some ofthe predominant theoretical frameworks that seek to explain the causes of gentrification. Then, using indicators such as property tax assessments, census block data, and employment status ofthe neighborhood's residents, the study seeks to demonstrate that Clarksville has indeed, beginning in the mid-to-late 1970s, shifted from primarily low-income to high-income residential uses. These indicators were used rather than census tract data because the neighborhood is situated within the same tract as some of Austin's most wealthy neighborhoods, a factor that dilutes the demographic information this indicator provides. This discussion also provide an analysis of some of the socio-economic forces that drove the process within the neighborhood. Lastly, the study focuses on the manner in which the new incoming gentrifiers have reshaped the neighborhood's built environment. Specifically, it discusses the common aesthetic architectural themes that have emerged within the neighborhood through the erection of new homes. It also looks at some ofthe most common alterations of historic homes within the neighborhood. It is through this integrated ualitative/quantitative approach that the current study strives to provide an analysis ofthe process of gentrification as manifested in the architecture ofthe Clarksville NRHP Historic District.