Last Week, HB 611, (Rep Guillen) died on the floor of the Texas house on a record vote. The bill…
Author:
Bo’s Clips: Texas Lemon Law for Homes Focuses on Veterans
Fueled by record-low interest rates, housing sales surge beyond supply and send builders scrambling to restart and expand their operations.…
The Tale of Two Sequesters
You have a private plane and sequester is going to delay your flight plan? Don’t worry, Texas has your back.…
Map of the Day: Housing Units Lacking Complete Plumbing
The fine folks at the Housing Assistance Council released a report called “Taking Stock” a few months ago. Taking Stock,…
Bo’s Clips: Mortgage Credit Easing
Home builders now rush to respond to a surging market as nationwide sales rise 7.3 percent in the last year.…
Bo’s News Clips: Speculators Sweep Available Rentals
As the housing market slowly improves, some banks are buying huge tracts of foreclosed houses and renting them in hope…
Bo’s News Clips: Not Enough Available Rental Housing
A sluggish US economy bodes for tighter pocketbooks that preclude down payments on mortgages. As an alternative, many young Americans…
NLIHC: Shortage of Affordable Housing for Low Income Renters in Texas
The National Low Income Housing Coalition’sn new report, Housing Spotlight: America’s Affordable Housing Shortage, and How To End It, provides…
Policy Suggestions from the Park Girl Rip-off
If you don’t live in the RioGrande Valley, or don’t follow manufactured housing (MH) scams, you might have missed the…
Bo’s News Clips: Ratings Agency Overhaul Stalled
Ratings agencies: “can’t live with them and can’t live without them.” Federal efforts to penalize and reform Wall Street rating…
Bo’s News Clips: DOJ sues S&P
As the housing industry slowly recovers, another suit is filed by the Justice Department for business malpractices that fueled the…
Bo’s News Clips: Foreclosures are unfinished business
As critics blast the Obama Administration for neglecting foreclosed homeowners, Fannie and Freddie Mac begin to forgive some homeowners who…
Bo’s News Clips: Housing for West Texas Shale Workers
As the US home building rebounds, West Texas prepares for a huge production in housing units to accommodate workers extracting…
Bo’s News Clips: Fannie Mae Deal Criticized
The deal cut between the Fannie Mae and Bank of America has come under attack by Public Citizen as too…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 6-21-2011
Tuesday Report, June 21, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service As more doom and gloom stories…
Governor Vetos Tenants Rights Bill, Austin Homestead Preservation District Bill
In addition to the TDHCA sunset bill, Perry also vetoed two three other housing related bills: HB 1429 (Deshotel; Carona)…
Housing Tidbits and Round-up
Housing news crossing our desk that didn’t turn into full blog posts this week: TDHCA and TSHAC received $620k through…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 6-7-2011
Tuesday Report, June 7, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Government efforts to help distressed homeowners…
TDHCA Sunset bill passes House and Senate
The TDHCA Sunset bill passed the Texas House and Senate last night. The final bill differed in several aspects from…
San Antonio Haven for Hope homeless facility receives HUD design award
The Haven for Hope homeless facility in San Antonio, Texas is one of three recipients of the HUD Secretary’s 2011…
60 minutes on Texas Farmworkers
Last weekend 60 minutes ran a story on migrant youth farm labor. The story features a Texas family staying in…
Houston SRO Development wins Urban Land Institute Award
New Hope Housing at Bray’s Crossing, Houston, Texas was one of ten winners of the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Awards…
TDHCA releases map of total affordable rental units by county
The Housing Resource Center at TDHCA has just released an interactive google map of the affordable rental units funded by…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 5-17-2011
Tuesday Report, May 17, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Groundbreakings for new residential units dropped…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 5-10-2011
Tuesday Report, May 10, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Fannie Mae, already in the Congressional…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 4-26-2011
Tuesday Report, April 26, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Conservatives bent on ending Fannie Mae…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 4-18-2011
Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Disclosures continue to shed light on sleazy mortgage deals by US…
TDHCA Executive Director Michael Gerber Stepping Down
Quorum Report is reporting that TDHCA Executive Director Michael Gerber will be stepping down from the helm of TDHCA in…
First Time Homebuyer Programs at TDHCA and TSAHC
Both the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation operate First Time Homebuyer Programs…
John Henneberger Testimony at Urban Affairs on TDHCA Sunset
TxLIHIS co-director John Henneberger testified last week at the Texas House Urban Affairs Hearing on TDHCA’s Sunset process. His testimony,…