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In an effort to address what the city calls “institutional racism,” the Austin-Travis County Reentry Roundtable is hoping to solidify guidelines for apartment owners and managers to make it more difficult to deny a rental application based on criminal history. The group’s Helen Gaebler says non-whites are the most affected by strict rental screenings.
Recommendations include new training for the private sector and a limitation on how many years a landlord can look back to find criminal history.
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- posborn
- January 23, 2026
- 11:20 am
The Kyle City Council this week approved an Interlocal Agreement (ILA) for a new Animal Care Facility in partnership with Hays County and the
