Vote NO on ACC District Prop A-Nov. ballot (property taxes, property)

[Ivory Lee Spurlock]

If the term "affordable housing" is going to be tossed around by city officials, it looks like the city would have a fixed amount of cost for an average house that they consider "affordable housing" for an average income person in Austin.

[ashbeeigh]

Originally Posted by Ivory Lee Spurlock

If the term "affordable housing" is going to be tossed around by city officials, it looks like the city would have a fixed amount of cost for an average house that they consider "affordable housing" for an average income person in Austin.

The current guidelines that are updated yearly. https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/de...ctive_2022.pdf

[Ivory Lee Spurlock]

Trying to figure out that chart gives me a literal headache on my forehead, and both temples but mostly right in my eyeballs. I'm not complaining. I'm just saying. I found the chart helpful. If I understand correctly, the chart tells what the maximum total income of a household needs to be, according to the number of people currently living in the house in order to be considered "low income". So a 1 person house with a total income less than $77,200 a year would be considered "low income" and qualify for "affordable housing" benefits?

[Need4Camaro]

Originally Posted by Ivory Lee Spurlock

Trying to figure out that chart gives me a literal headache on my forehead, and both temples but mostly right in my eyeballs. I'm not complaining. I'm just saying. I found the chart helpful. If I understand correctly, the chart tells what the maximum total income of a household needs to be, according to the number of people currently living in the house in order to be considered ”low income”. So a 1 person house with a total income less than $77,200 a year would be considered ”low income” and qualify for ”affordable housing” benefits?

If the housing is at 100% median income limit then yes but most affordable units are somewhere between 60 - 80% or less. Mueller for example is 80% or less for purchasing and 60% or less for renting. So a single purchasing in Mueller would need to make $61.8k or less to purchase and $46.3k or less to rent.

[Culinary Cook]

Please let's get back to my point.


As I said "Vote NO on ACC District Prop A-this is not the same as Prop A for affordable housing-vote YES on that one!"


ACC is wasting the money the taxpayers give them and this should be a huge concern to everyone. A journalist should investigate what is going on.


DO not get to the 2 props confused-they are different.


Please look into this! ACC is asking you to give more of your money-but not being a responsible company.

[Culinary Cook]

Originally Posted by blameyourself

I'm assuming this is what the OP is talking about?

https://sites.austincc.edu/2022-bond/

I have no opinion but think on any issue, both sides should be addressed.

YES! This is the bond I am talking about!

[Culinary Cook]

DO not get to the 2 props confused-they are different.

Originally Posted by ashbeeigh

Well if you live in Austin and are a registered voter you should have an opinion because it’s on the ballot in less than a month.

I’m assuming there is something in there for affordable housing, as well, because I see the signs near all the foundation communities properties.


https://thedailytexan.com/2022/10/14...a-in-november/ (The only thing a 6am Saturday google found that was remotely east to reas about the topic).

[Culinary Cook]

I agree and if you are for 1 of the 20 items, vote no.

Originally Posted by blameyourself

Why is that? A ballot could have 20 different things to vote on. That doesn't mean you have to have an opinion of every one or couldn't be indifferent to some.

[Culinary Cook]

Originally Posted by austinnerd

But in the end, who truly knows what we are voting on? Literally all the bond says is "we're planning on spending some money in these general areas and any other areas that we can make it sound like it's related".

IMHO, that's the problem with these bonds and politics in general, it's all about the loosey goosey notion of "intent", the bond signifies an intent. Problem is, there isn't squat written into the bond about "definition of success". How do we, the poor folks who are paying for the bond, measure how effective the bond was at achieving it's goals. Heck, there aren't any actual goals, just intent.

Imagine any other service that one might personally spend their money on where the only criteria you had to judge is intent and not the final outcome .

DO not get to the 2 props confused-they are different. Thank you.

[Culinary Cook]

Originally Posted by Ivory Lee Spurlock

I'd like to the know the definition of "affordable housing".

DO not get to the 2 props confused-they are different.