$925M bond package to go before Austin voters, with $250M set aside for affordable housing


Austin voters will weigh in this November on a $925 million bond package.

Austin City Council voted 8-3 late Thursday night to put the measure on the ballot this election day, according to multiple media reports.

The largest pool, $250 million, is earmarked for affordable housing — which would be the largest affordable housing bond ever, the Austin American-Statesman notes.

Other types of funding in the bond:

• $184 million for flood mitigation and open space

• $160 million for transportation

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