Austin City Council approved a code change that allows buildings up to 5 stories tall to be built with a single staircase.

Austin isn’t the only city rethinking its multifamily building codes. In Los Angeles, the City Council recently voted unanimously to eliminate the two-stair multifamily development requirement.

The Bastrop City Council OK'd a resolution supporting a House bill that would prevent Austin from building a plant to inject ...

This includes light rail development, the Interstate 35 expansion projects, building the new Austin Convention Center and downtown revitalization efforts. “We're a big, international city that ...