Austin, TX
Austin eviction filings at pre-pandemic levels
Eviction filings in Austin have returned to pre-pandemic ranges, in response to information from the Eviction Lab.
- That is a Princeton College challenge aiming to fill an “info gap within the middle of the evictions disaster” by gathering information from courtroom filings and different sources, analysis specialist Jacob Haas tells Axios’ Alex Fitzpatrick.
Driving the information: Sweeping native and nationwide eviction moratoriums helped hold many households of their properties by means of the center of the COVID-19 pandemic, however with these moratoriums lengthy since over, many Individuals are as soon as once more uncovered to the specter of displacement.
- That is very true as excessive hire costs have renters spending document shares of their paychecks on their month-to-month housing payments.
- The eviction disaster tends to disproportionately have an effect on individuals of colour — notably Black girls, says Haas.
What’s occurring: Austin averaged 207 eviction filings per week over the 4 weeks previous to March 4, per the Eviction Lab.
- That’s up 3.5% over final yr and greater than seven occasions larger than the weekly common when pandemic moratoriums had been in place.
- Common weekly eviction filings hovered round 27 through the moratorium interval.
Zoom in: Texas lawmakers are contemplating measures that will provide statewide tenant protections just like what’s being thought-about in Dallas and already supplied in Austin, per the Texas Tribune.
- The Republican-led Legislature has not signaled urgency for tenant-rights payments, nonetheless, per the Tribune.
- Austin’s coverage permits landlords to concern a discover to vacate if a tenant owes three or extra months of hire, and renters even have a grace interval between seven and 30-days as a substitute of the present three-day grace interval below Texas legislation.
Sure, however: Native renter advocates concern that is not sufficient.
- Emily Blair, government vice chairman of the Austin Condominium Affiliation, informed Group Affect that the newest protections did not do sufficient to halt evictions.
- “Cost plans, rental help, and different outreach efforts are what stored renters housed,” Blair stated in an October assertion.
Of be aware: The Eviction Lab’s information set does not seize unlawful evictions, nor does it embrace circumstances the place renters are successfully pressured out by giant hire hikes.
The underside line: The Eviction Lab’s information set, which incorporates 34 cities, is the closest factor out there to a nationwide evictions database.
- Whereas the U.S. Division of Housing and City Improvement is engaged on new data-collection efforts, “there’s nonetheless no authorities database nationwide with full protection,” says Haas.
- That information void makes all of it however unattainable to adequately observe — and subsequently deal with — the issue at scale.
Austin, TX
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Pro-Palestine protestors disrupt traffic near City Hall
AUSTIN, Texas – A pro-Palestine protest disrupted traffic in Downtown Austin on Saturday afternoon, which prompted a police response.
Around 3 p.m. Oct. 5, Austin police were called in after a large group of protestors began marching in the roadway on Lavaca and Guadalupe streets north of Austin City Hall.
The protestors blocked parts of those streets and caused traffic backups.
Austin police responded to the area along with Texas DPS and were able to get the group to clear out shortly after 4 p.m. No injuries or arrests were reported.
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The march followed a pro-Palestine protest at City Hall around 1 p.m. A group of more than 100 people gathered on the steps, holding signs expressing solidarity with Palestinians and calling for an end to the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
Protestors also called for the US to stop sending money to Israel.
The protest and march come just two days before the one-year anniversary of the October 7th attack in Israel by Hamas.
Austin, TX
Puig leads the LA Galaxy against Austin
Austin FC (10-13-9, 10th in the Western Conference) vs. LA Galaxy (18-7-7, first in the Western Conference)
Carson, California; Saturday, 10:30 p.m. EDT
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Los Angeles -193, Austin FC +413, Draw +364; over/under is 3.5 goals
BOTTOM LINE: Riqui Puig leads the LA Galaxy into a matchup with Austin after scoring two goals against the Colorado Rapids.
The Galaxy are 16-6-5 against Western Conference teams. The Galaxy have scored 65 goals while conceding 46 for a +19 goal differential.
Austin is 9-11-7 against Western Conference opponents. Austin ranks sixth in the MLS giving up only 44 goals.
The teams square off Saturday for the second time this season. Austin won the last meeting 2-0.
TOP PERFORMERS: Gabriel Pec has scored 14 goals and added 13 assists for the Galaxy. Puig has seven goals and three assists over the past 10 games.
Jader Obrian has scored seven goals with two assists for Austin. Jon Gallagher has two goals and one assist over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Galaxy: 7-3-0, averaging 2.4 goals, 6.6 shots on goal and 3.9 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.8 goals per game.
Austin: 2-5-3, averaging 1.0 goal, 3.9 shots on goal and 5.6 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.3 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Galaxy: None listed.
Austin: Mikkel Desler (injured).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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