As previously discussed here at Texas Housers, TDHCA is currently undergoing Sunset Review. We are presenting recommendations for ways to…
Author:
TDHCA Sunset Recommendation #6: Give the Manufactured Housing Division Its own Sunset clause and review
As previously discussed here at Texas Housers, TDHCA is currently undergoing Sunset Review. We are presenting recommendations for ways to…
TDHCA Sunset Recommendation #5: Clarify regional allocation formula statute
As previously discussed here at Texas Housers, TDHCA is currently undergoing Sunset Review. We are presenting recommendations for ways to…
TDHCA Sunset Recommendation #4: Diversify board composition
As previously discussed here at Texas Housers, TDHCA is currently undergoing Sunset Review. We are presenting recommendations for ways to…
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…
Failing Waco property facing closure
Back in 2008 we listed the eleven subsidized housing properties with the lowest physical inspection scores from HUD. One of…
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…
Transforming rental assistance through the HUD budget
Earlier this year we commented on the proposed The 2011 Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban…
Don’t Allow Lenders to Ignore the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act in the Neighborhood Stabilization Program
Background Since May 2009 the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act (PTAF) has required purchasers of foreclosed properties (usually the lender)…
Buffett wants to tilt the market towards manufactured housing
On Friday Warren Buffett released his annual letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway. Berkshire Hathaway owns Clayton Homes, a major…
Only a houser would care about the exciting world of low income housing property tax law
Here’s one for your next cocktail party: “Did you hear about the latest Texas Supreme Court News?” “No? Well, they…
TCAP: Let the Spending Begin
February 18 was HUD’s deadline for 75% commitment of funds in the Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP). TDHCA hit that…
Slow start to weatherization programs: Not just Texas
On Tuesday the Department of Energy’s Office of Inspector General added to the recent parade of commentary regarding the slow…
Dallas Tax Credit Corruption Case Continues
The Dallas Morning News reports State Rep. Terri Hodge plead guilty to not paying taxes on payments which were allegedly…
Update: HUD’s Public Inspection Scores
Last week we pointed to HUD’s release of 2009 Physical Inspection Scores for subsidized properties. Eric Dexheimer at the Austin…
HUD fails 14 percent of Texas subsidized properties inspected in physical inspections
Back in 2008 we presented data on physical inspection scores of subsidized housing in Texas. HUD has updated this dataset…
HUD OIG subpoenas three Texas lenders
The HUD Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued subpoenas to 15 companies on Tuesday, including three Texas lenders. The…
City of Austin runs online survey on housing need
The City of Austin is seeking public input to help focus its affordable housing finance programs, including the use of…
Weatherization–a slow start for Texas may not be all bad news
The Dallas Morning News ran a story Sunday (here) regarding Texas’s slow start to the Weatherization Assistance Program. The story…
USDA Rural Development housing programs would be improved through more open government
Last week Peter Orszag, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo called the “Open…
Department of Energy IG: Recovery Act “has strained existing resources” at the Department
The Inspector General at the Department of Energy[1] released a report Monday warning that the Recovery Act energy funding “represents…
TDHCA: Trying to make the best of a bad LIHTC thing
One of the Recovery Act programs we’re watching is the Housing Tax Credit Exchange program, a program supporting the production…
Recovery Act Reporting Milestone
Last Friday was a major milestone in the extensive reporting requirements of the Recovery Act. Recovery.gov released the first round…
3 important policy questions for expanded $327m Texas Weatherization Assistance Program
Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) in Texas Another housing program expanded by the 2009 Recovery Act was the Weatherization Assistance Program…