AUSTIN, Texas - Austin City Council approved an update to the density bonus program, which is to help with affordable housing.

For months, tenants at Acacia Cliffs, an affordable apartment complex in Northwest Austin, have been fighting a rezoning request from developers that would make it a newer, taller complex.

Acacia Cliffs tenant speaks out

Local perspective:

Eric Gomez has lived at Acacia Cliffs since 2016.

"Right now, my rent's $1,088, and that's not including the fees they add to it," Gomez said. "If I had to pay $1,200, $1,300, considering how grocery prices have skyrocketed, that I'm a federal employee, and they're looking to cut, to basically make our benefits more expensive, cutting back on our overtime. I wouldn't be able to afford it."

The rezoning request uses DB90

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