AUSTIN, Texas — On Thursday, Austin City Council members approved a change to building codes that will soon allow apartments up to five stories tall to be built with only one staircase.

The nonprofit Vocal Texas is calling on the city of Austin to provide better resources and affordable housing for the homeless.

Single-stair apartment buildings are considered part of the “missing middle” home types — meaning those that aren't ...

Two people have been arrested on kidnapping charges after a 7-year-old child was taken from an apartment in Austin, Texas, police say. Getty Images/iStockphoto A 7-year-old child was kidnapped and ...

Some U.S. neighborhoods have witnessed explosive apartment growth during the past 10 years, as a record number of completions have occurred during the latest apartment building cycle. Texas is ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Lawmakers in the Texas Capitol are discussing a proposal to create a "District of Austin," in all or part of the city of Austin. House Bill 274, filed by State Rep. Briscoe Cain ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Several apartment buildings in east Austin are now unlivable after a fire spread from a barbecue pit into the buildings, the Austin Fire Department said. The fire happened around ...

The city of Austin has passed an ordinance making air conditioning a requirement for all apartments and homes, with 90 days ...

In the original grid plan for Austin, streets that ran east–west were named after trees, while north–south streets were named after rivers. Edwin Waller, a local businessman and signer of Texas’s 1832 ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Lifestyle magazine Southern ... Included in the list were several “Texas-style” barbecue locations, including Wright’s Barbecue in Arkansas, Arthur Bryant’s BBQ in ...

"So much thought goes into crafting these bottles, and it only makes sense to showcase them like the art that they are." ...