Selena Xie, president of the Austin EMS Association, said 26% of her medics are eligible for Section 8 housing.
The problem is being compounded by the fact that many workers are not making what they consider a "living wage", chief among them are Austin’s medics.
But Swift’s two years of experience in Austin puts his hourly wage at just under $21, a full $9 less than what sworn Austin police officers start at.CapMetro "This is an actual crisis, and I really feel like the city manager is treating this like a game," said Selena Xie, president of the Austin EMS Association, at the Austin Public Safety Commission meeting last Monday night.City of Austin's wage offerThe city points out its latest offer of $22 an hour amounts to a more than 10% raise for medics starting out. But Xie says it doesn’t cut it, given what she calls a dire staffing situation.
But the City of Austin currently lists the living wage at $15, a number established in 2018. Bernhardt says that’s ridiculous.
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