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Rising interest rates poured a bucket of cold water on what was Austin's red hot housing market. The effect has been much the same in the start-up community, where getting funding is no longer a given. In many cases, investors are rationing their funds or sitting on the sidelines. In this episode, ABJ Managing Editor Will Anderson explores the current state of the tech start-up community with entrepreneur Cotter Cunningham, who founded RetailMeNot and is active in Austin's tech scene.

Austin's exponential growth over the past decade has been good for business. But the resulting housing crunch put downward pressure on our most vulnerable, low income citizens. In this episode, ABJ Assistant Managing Editor Paul Thompson invites Alan Graham, Founder & CEO of Mobile Loaves & Fishes, to share what he and his team are doing to help address this crisis.

With the stock market sinking, crypto crashing and the price of food, gas & energy skyrocketing, is Austin's red hot housing market in for a cold dose of reality as rates continue rising? Nope. In this episode, ABJ's Real Estate Reporter Cody Baird invites Austin Board of Realtors Secretary-Treasurer Brandy Wuensch to the podcast. She explains what's driving this unique market, and why there's no bubble to burst this time around.

In this episode we continue our conversation, seeking solutions to Austin's housing affordability crisis. Reporter Kathryn Hardison invites Nora Linares-Moeller, who tackles the topic on many fronts as the Executive Director at HOUSINGWORKS AUSTIN. Linares-Moeller shares her perspective and experience.  Meantime, Reporter Michelle Pitcher calls on Robert Lee, CEO of Pearlstone Partners, who clearly defines his company's mission to offer "attainable housing", detailing many projects completed and in the works across Austin.

Austin's exponential growth provides exciting new opportunities for career advancement and income growth, along with civic and cultural expansion. But there's also the challenges these opportunities present- first and foremost, housing affordability, or lack thereof, as the population swells, inventory is scant, and salaries continue rising. In the opening episode of The Austin Business Journal's ATX Next podcast series, Managing Editor Will Anderson checks in with Reporter Katherine Hardison to set the tone for the series. Later,  ABJ Residential Real Estate Reporter  Michelle Pitcher goes one-on-one with Habitat for Humanity CEO Phyllis Snodgrass, who shares shocking statistics and insight on the issue.