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Michele Haussmann

Land-use attorney of record · 27 unique cases
75
Hearings
27
Cases
19
Concluded
100.0%
Approved of concluded
2016–2025
Active
13
Since 2024

The record, at case level

Of Michele Haussmann’s 27 unique cases, 19 have concluded — reached a Planning Commission or ZAP decision — and 19 of those ended in approval at their final hearing: 100.0%.

Postponement is a clock, not a verdict: of the 8 concluded cases postponed at least once, 8 still ended in approval (100.0%). At least 11 of these cases are confirmed adopted as Council ordinances (Council records run only through 2026-04-23, so this is a floor, not a rate).

Counted once per case, not once per hearing: a case postponed several times before approval would otherwise read as several losses and one win.

Hearings by year

Michele Haussmann: hearings by year2016: 17, 2017: 16, 2018: 5, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2021: 3, 2022: 6, 2023: 13, 2024: 7, 2025: 681717’1616’175’181’191’203’216’2213’237’246’25

Outcome distribution

Michele Haussmann: outcomesApproved: 22 (29%), Postponed: 49 (65%), No decision: 4 (5%)29%65%Approved 22Postponed 49No decision 4

Hearing timeline

Hearing dateOutcomeDistrictFirm
2025-07-22Approved · Became law · Approved on all three readings · Council 2025-09-25D9Land Use Solutions
2025-06-24Postponed · Became law · Approved on all three readings · Council 2025-09-25D9Land Use Solutions
2025-05-13Postponed · Became law · Approved on all three readings · Council 2025-09-25D9Land Use Solutions
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Firm

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Where they practice

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Hearing-level rates, for comparison

Postponement rate vs the fieldMichele Haussman: 69%, Field median: 44%Michele Haussman69%Field median44%
Approval rate 31.0% — below the field (46.1%) by 15.1 pts.

At the hearing level every appearance counts, so a case postponed N times adds N postponements and one decision. Hearing-level approval-of-decided is 31.0% (vs the field’s 46.1%) and postponement is 69.0% — both far from the case-level figure above, for exactly that reason. Two stages, two denominators: these are commission-stage outcomes (approve vs. postpone/deny at the Planning Commission or ZAP hearing), not the City Council vote. Once a Commission-recommended case reaches Council it is approved in the high-90s%, so a low commission-stage approval rate reflects strategic postponement, not defeat.

Recent cases

C14-2024-0163C14-2024-0158C14-2024-0142C14-2024-0053C14-2024-0063C14-2024-0043C14-2024-0044C14-2023-0013
Austin Development Watch · every figure traces to a certified record · hearing data through 2026-05-19 · Council outcomes through 2026-04-23 · gate-certified · generated 2026-07-29