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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