A 24-year-old Black tattoo artist explains why she and many others are fleeing Austin: 'The soul of the city has changed'
, the executive director of nonprofit housing organization Housing Works, told Insider that Austin's lack of affordable housing options has been especially damaging for the city's minority neighborhoods.
"Even though the housing market has slowed down, we are definitely feeling it in our East Austin area — it tends to be where there's people of color located traditionally and culturally," Linares-Moeller said. That's exacerbating the gentrification that was underway even before the pandemic, she said.
To prevent further gentrification, she said Austin's lawmakers will need to step in to ease displacement in the city, and increase the city's supply of affordable housing. "I totally want to be here, but I just don't see myself doing it anymore," Tatum said."The soul of the city has changed quite a bit. I lost a bunch of friends due to gentrification, they are relocating to areas like Atlanta or Houston.
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