Podcast Episode 31: Housing Segregation, George Floyd, and Honoring True Housers
For Texas Housers’ latest podcast episode, John and I are experimenting with a new format. We’re discussing what we’re reading,Continue Reading
For Texas Housers’ latest podcast episode, John and I are experimenting with a new format. We’re discussing what we’re reading,Continue Reading
Every year, Texas receives millions of dollars in tax credits to help developers build affordable housing. It’s big money andContinue Reading
(Note: Community navigator Ericka Bowman contributed to this blog) It is hard enough living in a food desert. Add aContinue Reading
Gov. Greg Abbott announced yesterday that he and the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs have taken initial actionContinue Reading
Communities across Texas continue to grapple with widespread effects of COVID-19. The virus has upended community gatherings, closed schools, restaurantsContinue Reading
For decades, federal, state and local officials knew that the fish in Donna Lake in the Rio Grande Valley carriedContinue Reading
Nearly half of the city of San Antonio’s residents are renters, and the cost of renting an apartment in theContinue Reading
In Texas, and across the country disability rights activists have demanded, worked for, and won improved transportation services, the rightContinue Reading
There is no question that the impetus for Congress passing and President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the 1968 Fair HousingContinue Reading
The Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens areas of Houston are historic Black neighborhoods where families have proudly planted roots forContinue Reading
In 2012, Congress authorized some public housing agencies to convert units from their original federally-funded public housing developments to project-based Section 8Continue Reading
When a disaster hits, flooding and fires might not discriminate, but the systems and funding intended to rebuild our communitiesContinue Reading
More than one-third of households in Texas are renters, and in Austin, more than half of residents rent their homes.Continue Reading
In 1915, Independence Heights was the first town incorporated by African Americans in the state of Texas. For more thanContinue Reading
When the U.S. government designed postwar housing policy and subsidized massive developments and suburbs, it created a strong middle classContinue Reading
San Antonio could be the first city in Texas to pilot a Right to Counsel initiative to guarantee renters inContinue Reading
If you want to change law and policy, you have to change people’s minds. And to change people’s minds, youContinue Reading
Season 2 of our podcast is live, and it starts with a deep dive into a multi-year drainage campaign inContinue Reading
While it is true that our country is one of great prosperity, many in our communities work hard to provideContinue Reading
On the season 1 finale of our podcast, A Little Louder, Texas Housers co-director John Henneberger and I review whatContinue Reading
The Low Income Housing Tax Credit program is helping to produce most of the new affordable housing in our country.Continue Reading
For more than a decade, colonia leaders, organizers and Texas Housers have been pushing Hidalgo County to target program fundsContinue Reading
In episode 10, Texas Housers breaks down the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development new proposed rule to evictContinue Reading
In episode 9 of our podcast, A Little Louder, we talk about how a subsidized apartment complex in Galveston isContinue Reading
Yesterday, Texas Housers joined community leaders in the Rio Grande Valley at a press conference to celebrate a major victoryContinue Reading
(Photo from Austin’s Blackland Community Development Corporation Facebook page) The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program is one of theContinue Reading
In episode 7 of our podcast, A Little Louder, Texas Housers interviews members of the 10th Street Residential Association whoContinue Reading
In Episode 6 of the Texas Housers podcast, A Little Louder, we talk to our advocacy director, Charlie Duncan aboutContinue Reading
In episode five of our podcast, A Little Louder, we discuss a proposed military base tenant bill of rights andContinue Reading
(Pictured, Texas Housers Southeast Texas co-director Zoe Middleton and Texas Housers community planner Libby Bland pose with author and scholarContinue Reading