Council members got an earful Tuesday from the Living Wage Working Group, made up of unions and workers’ advocates, on why they say the living wage needs to be increased to $22 in the upcoming city budget. It’s been stuck at $15 since 2018.
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A Days Inn in Central Austin is one of four properties the city s leased to house homeless Austinites during the pandemic. On Wednesday, the Austin City Council restarted efforts to purchase hotels on a more consistent basis to house Austinites who are transitioning out of homelessness.
After hours of debate, the Austin City Council OK d the purchase of a hotel to ultimately house Austinites experiencing homelessness, while delaying the purchase of another until next week.
The two hotels – one in North Austin s District 7 and another in the more northwesterly District 6 – would collectively cost the city $16.2 million and could house at least 148 people.