Housing should be ‘laser focus’ of next Austin mayor, Adler says


A day before the Austin mayoral candidates debate, Mayor Steve Adler is not sharing which person he thinks should succeed him in office. However, he said either Celia Israel or Kirk Watson should "laser focus" on addressing housing and affordability concerns.

"We can’t lose the people, the diversity that creates the friction, that creates the innovation in our community," Adler said during an interview Wednesday with KXAN. "We have to preserve all kinds of people, or we’ll lose what is the magic…

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