The Sunset Bills for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation will…
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Checking in on the Weatherization Assistance Program
There were two recent updates, one federal and one local, on the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) program as funded under…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 3-1-2011
Tuesday Report, March 1, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service While The Obama Administration’s 7.5 percent…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 2-22-2011
Tuesday Report, February 22, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service The cogs of the federal…
House Appropriations Axes Homeless Funds and Majority of Housing Trust Fund
This morning the Texas House Appropriations Committee (HAC) met and adopted the LBB recommendations for the Texas Department of Housing…
John Henneberger Testimony at TDHCA Appropriations Hearing
TxLIHIS co-director John Henneberger testified this morning at the Appropriations Committee Subcommittee Hearing on TDHCA. His testimony, along with that…
Blog Logistics
As most regular readers know, our posting schedule is somewhat erratic here at Texas Housers. If you’d like to get…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 2-8-2011
Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Congress takes up the fate of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac…
Housing: The Newest Utility?
Governor’s office released their budget yesterday. Their proposed solution to the growing family homeless population in Texas? Flatline not only…
WAP Update
We’ve discussed the ARRA Weatherization Assistance Program a few times here at Texas Housers, focusing on perceived shortcomings creating local…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation 1-18-2011
Tuesday Report, January 18, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service While spin artists quibble over whether…
Reasonable Accommodation Enforcement Action in the News
This blog post is by Elizabeth Nowrouz. According to the Justice Department, a $1.2 million agreement has been reached in…
Emergency Homeowners Loan Program (EHLP) in Texas
EHLP Program Introduction: The 2010 Financial Reform Bill (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) funds up to $50,000…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation 1-4-2010
Special to the Texas Low Income Information Service The house sales stimulated by tax credits for first-time homebuyers last year…
Central Texas Hero, Walter Moreau
The Austin American Statesman ran a nice writeup last week of Foundation Communities Executive Director Walter Moreau, declaring him a…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation 12-28-2010
Tuesday Report, December 28, 2010 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Housing sales are slightly up, prices…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 12/14/2010
Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service The US Census Bureau is releasing studies this week addressing segregation.…
Sunset Followup
The Sunset Commission met on Tuesday of this week to take public comment on the Sunset Staff Report on TDHCA. …
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 11-10-2010
Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service The federal bailout tab for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continues…
What Am I, Chopped Liver?
As many regular readers know, the TDHCA Manufactured Housing Division (MHD) is an independent division “administratively attached” to TDHCA. The…
AG rules that location of weatherization assistance program activities is secret
For the past few months we’ve had an open record request pending at TDHCA for a copy of their “Previously…
City of Houston weatherization jobs have not been in low-income communities
The 2009 Recovery Act increased the funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) in Texas by 2500%. This program funds…
Don’t bypass low income homeowners in weatherization program
The GAO recently issued its bimonthly report of activities funded by the Recovery Act (ARRA) in Texas, including a discussion…
Reducing tornado deaths in mobile homes
This weekend ten people were killed when tornadoes touched down in Mississippi. This section of the Washington Post coverage of…
TDHCA Sunset Recommendation #3: Webcast all TDHCA board meetings
As previously discussed here at Texas Housers, TDHCA is currently undergoing Sunset Review. We are presenting recommendations for ways to…
TDHCA Sunset Recommendation #2: Create a program category for Texans earning between 0 and 110% of SSI.
As previously discussed here at Texas Housers, TDHCA is currently undergoing Sunset Review. We are presenting recommendations for ways to…
TDHCA Sunset Recommendation #1: focus board on policy
As previously discussed here at Texas Housers, TDHCA is currently undergoing Sunset Review. We are presenting recommendations for ways to…
Charting the future of the TX Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Once every twelve years (or so) the Sunset Advisory Commission examines most state agencies. The Commission “questions the need for…
Recovery Act recipients should report on creation of “local jobs”
The Recovery Act contains a requirement that information about job created or maintained by recovery act be reported on a…
Texas Weatherization program: need to improve spending, job creation, housing repairs
Yesterday the Texas House Committee on Urban Affairs and the Texas House Select Committee on Federal Economic Stabilization Funding met…