Growth Machine /growth-machine Housing prices in Austin have exploded in the past decade, leading to a city that’s not just unaffordable but also highly segregated. In this podcast, KUT lays out how we got here. en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 13 Jul 2023 10:01:00 GMT How developers and environmentalists made peace in the �90s and charted a course for Austin's growth /austin/2023-07-13/how-developers-and-environmentalists-made-peace-in-the-90s-and-charted-a-course-for-austins-growth When a new mayor came to power, he found what he thought would be a compromise � a way to build housing for all the people coming to Austin without threatening the city’s ecological gems. It turned out to be more complicated than that. Thu, 13 Jul 2023 10:01:00 GMT /austin/2023-07-13/how-developers-and-environmentalists-made-peace-in-the-90s-and-charted-a-course-for-austins-growth Mose Buchele, Audrey McGlinchy Barton Springs could have been a putrid swamp. Saving it shaped Austin's housing market. /austin/2023-07-06/barton-springs-could-have-been-a-putrid-swamp-saving-it-shaped-austins-housing-market In the 1990s, Austin voters passed landmark protections for parts of Southwest Austin that sit on top of the aquifer that feeds Barton Springs. That set off a chain of events that had a profound effect on how the city would grow in the coming decades. Thu, 06 Jul 2023 10:01:00 GMT /austin/2023-07-06/barton-springs-could-have-been-a-putrid-swamp-saving-it-shaped-austins-housing-market Mose Buchele, Audrey McGlinchy Highway to sprawl: How I-35 shapes where people live in Austin /transportation/2023-06-29/highway-to-sprawl-how-i-35-shapes-where-people-live-in-austin I-35 is more than a road. It's been sculpting Austin's housing scene for more than 60 years, encouraging endless sprawl and making gridlock a lifestyle. Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:01:00 GMT /transportation/2023-06-29/highway-to-sprawl-how-i-35-shapes-where-people-live-in-austin Nathan Bernier, Audrey McGlinchy Two paragraphs forced Black residents to East Austin. Exploding real estate prices forced them out. /austin/2023-06-22/two-paragraphs-forced-black-residents-to-east-austin-exploding-real-estate-prices-forced-them-out Austin has grown a lot in recent years � and the East Side has been impacted the most. To understand the city's pattern of displacement, we have to go back to 1928. Thu, 22 Jun 2023 10:01:00 GMT /austin/2023-06-22/two-paragraphs-forced-black-residents-to-east-austin-exploding-real-estate-prices-forced-them-out Marisa Charpentier, Audrey McGlinchy