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Austin Business Journal shares, "A new state law that opens more land for residential development should make it easier for multifamily housing to get built in Austin, experts say.

The Texas Legislature approved Senate Bill 840 earlier this year, which allows mixed-use residential housing on any land zoned for office, commercial, retail, warehouse or existing mixed uses without requiring zoning changes from cities.

In Austin, city officials have said SB 840 will increase base zoning entitlements, potentially disrupting the city's existing density bonus programs. That's because developers that participate in the density bonus programs obtain additional entitlements — such as the ability to build denser residential housing — in exchange for…

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