Cairn Point, as the $40 million project will be called, is being jointly developed by the Austin Housing Finance Corp., Caritas of Austin and The Vecino Group. It would add deeply affordable housing to a city with worsening affordability issues.
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Austin City Council voted to dedicate nearly $50 million to projects that will bring hundreds of affordable homes and apartments across the city, including $20.41 million in 2022 housing bond funds—the first spending from that $350 million pot since voters approved the bond in November.
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The interim city manager said he has directed staff to work with community partners to find resources for longer-term shelter for people experiencing homelessness.
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The Caritas Dining Hall, a community kitchen serving Austin's homeless population, has only served to-go meals since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today they reopened their kitchen and brought back a sense of community to Austin's unhoused.
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Using funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Housing Authority of the City of Austin (HACA) will be providing 300 new housing vouchers with 100 designated specifically for homeless veterans.
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