(Episode 1) Austin has grown a lot in recent years — and the East Side has been impacted the most. To understand the city&#8217;s pattern of displacement, we have to go back to 1928.
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Roads to Everywhere

Housing prices in Austin have exploded in the past decade, leading to a city that’s not just unaffordable — but also highly segregated. None of this happened by accident. It’s the result of decades of decisions about what — if anything — gets built in Austin and where. From a master plan to move Black and brown residents to one part of town, to fights over how to protect the environment, to an outdated land development code — all of these are pieces in a machine that’s engineered Austin’s housing market.