The Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program (LIHTC) is a federal program that supports the production of affordable multifamily housing. …
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TDHCA Sunset Recommendation #7: 3 in 1 on manufactured housing
As previously discussed here at Texas Housers, TDHCA is currently undergoing Sunset Review. We are presenting recommendations for ways to…
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…
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…
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)…
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…
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…
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…