How Austin Renters Are Resisting Displacement
Rapid development in Austin, TX has severely impacted rental housing, including mobile home parks, which are a source of low-income housing.
Austin Chronicle reporter Joseph Caterine writes:
Austin has watched new developments rise across the skyline over the past few decades at a breakneck pace, as property owners race to supply the heavy demand for housing in the metropolitan area. Many have been displaced in the wake of urban expansion, some leaving their homes with a fortune, others with practically nothing.
The article surveys a collection of efforts combining the powers of local renters to resist displacement. Caterine details two mobile home communities among the survey.
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Published on Friday, April 15, 2016 in
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