SRCC Neighborhood Association

With the soaring cost of living in Austin and shrinking number of affordable rental units, many working-class families are being pushed out of central Austin and the South River City Citizens’ boundaries. So when the owner of an affordable housing complex in the neighborhood, the Heights on South Congress, announced plans to redevelop the ten oak-filled acres between St. Edward’s and the Gardner-Betts center, residents were put on edge.

Would they be forced to move far away? Would their children get to continue to go to neighborhood schools like Travis Heights Elementary, Fulmore Middle School, and Travis High? Would they be able to return? Continue reading →