FOX 7 Discussion: Tax credits to develop affordable housing

Mark Roberts, the executive director of the Texas Real Estate Center at UT Austin, joins Marcel Clarke in the FOX 7 Austin studio to talk about how the City of Austin is searching for ways to create more housing.

AUSTIN, Texas - Rent prices keep going up, and the City of Austin is searching for ways to create more housing.

One possible solution is through tax credits to develop affordable housing.

Today, Austin City Council approved more than a dozen proposals from developers. Mark Roberts, the executive director of the Texas Real Estate Center at UT Austin, joins Marcel Clarke in the FOX 7 Austin studio to talk about how the City of Austin is searching for ways to create more housing.

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