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The Austin City Councilman

Dec 30, 2023

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Alex Horowitz is the Director of Housing Policy at Pew Chartable Trusts. He breaks down research (lots of data!) on how density may help with housing costs.

www.pewtrusts.org


Dec 7, 2023

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Rich Heyman is an Urban Studies professor at UT Austin. He joins me to discuss why cities succeed/fail, Austin's responsibility toward the homeless, why the HOME Initiative won't achieve what they say it will, and more!

Rich's bio: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/ams/faculty/rh22997


Nov 29, 2023

Timothy Bolding and Amanda Mansouri of Sunrise Watch discuss the impact that the homeless resource center located at the Sunrise Church in Sout Austin has had on the local community, including the adjacent Joslin Elementary school.

https://twitter.com/SunriseWatchAtx

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Nov 22, 2023

Arif Panju is the managing attorney for the Institute for Justice Texas Office, as well as a board member of the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas.

Arif argues the virtues of the HOME initiative from the point of view of property rights, freedom, and anti scare tactics.

Institute of Justice Website

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Nov 14, 2023

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Kevin Dolan is one of the organizers of the upcoming Natalism conference here in Austin at the Line Hotel on Dec. 1st-2nd. He is also the founder of Exitgroup.us.

Confernce website: https://www.natalism.org/ 

Natalism.org on X: https://twitter.com/natalismorg 

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