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📈 Hundreds of Unhoused Austinites Died in Five Years, Report Says

A report out this month from Austin’s Ending Community Homelessness Coalition shows that a total of 1,010 unhoused Austinites died between 2018 and 2023. Only 6 percent of those people had access to shelter beds in the six months before they died. [CBS Austin]

• Read the report. [ECHO]

👮 How Austin’s New Police Chief is Changing APD

Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis is on the City Cast Austin podcast today talking about the changes she plans to make to the police department, and what she’s been loving about Austin. [City Cast Austin]

😢 Trudy’s Tex-Mex Closing

Trudy’s Tex-Mex in North Austin is closing after more than 40 years, it announced this week. It is not clear when the restaurant will officially close its doors. [KXAN]

🏡 City Seeking Input on Short-Term Rental Rules

After court rulings rendered some of the city’s almost decade-old regulations on short-term rentals in Austin, like AirBnbs, unenforceable, the rules may change once more. Austin is seeking public input on the policies ahead of a City Council vote, which could come in February. [Austin American-Statesman]