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  View this email in your browser George, Safe Streets Austin is working on its advocacy priorities for 2027. Input from supporters like you is critical. Tell us what issues are important to you and what you think we should be working on in 2027 and beyond. Submit by Saturday October 10 to help inform our advocacy retreat. The form will remain open through October 31. Share Your Thoughts on Our 2027 Priorities   OTHER UPDATES & EVENTS WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING: ONE DAY REMAINING! Take the Week Without Driving challenge October 1-8. Lime , our Community Partner, is offering 50% off two rides during the week: Use the code WWD26. Learn More & Sign Up   SAFE STREETS FOR ALL PARTY 2026 Nov 13, 7-9:30pm, Austin Central Library roof Our biggest event of the year is back! Celebrate an incredible 2026 with the safe streets community and get ready for 2027. Safe Streets Austin Members get 70% off the ticket price! Get Your Ticket   SUPPORT PROTECTED BIKE LANES AND MORE O...

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  Going Up, Opening Doors: What a West Campus Housing Panel Taught Me About Austin Affordability By George Vance McGee (GVM), Broker Associate, Austin Silent Market Realty · Sep 30, 2026 georgevance@gmail.com 512.657.9281  The short version: West Campus proves density works, students are learning to be tenants in real time, and the fixes Austin needs most are simpler code, faster permits, and fewer old rules blocking new homes. On a Wednesday lunch hour at Victory Lap on West 24th Street, a few steps from the University of Texas, about five panelists sat down to talk about the one issue nobody in Austin can stop talking about: Housing affordability. The discussion was hosted by Texans for Reasonable Pro Housing Policy Solutions, and it felt less like a lecture and more like a think tank, with students, advocates, and housing professionals trading ideas in a space full of people who live the problem every day. Here is what I heard, and why it matters well beyond the edge of ...

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