The video footage of the check presentation and original the original article can be found here.
AUSTIN (KXAN) â The Austin Housing Conservancy fund became $150,000 richer Tuesday morning.
But they had a surprise for them â another check worth $50,000 for ACT. Each supports the work of the conservancy fund.
ACT manages the fund. The group sees it as one solution to address Austinâs ongoing affordability crisis. They believe this first use of a large scale economic model helps broaden economic opportunity and resources while enabling Austinites to thrive, per their press release.
Their goal is to preserve workforce housing apartment buildings. According to the release, the fund aims to save them from being gentrified and protect existing tenants so they wonât be displaced.