Sen. Elizabeth Warren closely questioned Neal Rackleff, the former housing director in Houston and President Trump’s nominee for HUD AssistantContinue Reading
Forty-nine years ago today Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. Today Austin is proclaiming, in a manner thatContinue Reading
A reporter asked President Trump’s Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney a question at a press conference at theContinue Reading
Thanks to research by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, we can now see the effects that President Trump’s proposedContinue Reading
Neighborhood inequality is most often measured by an area’s physical and economic characteristics. Yet health inequalities between neighborhoods receive less attentionContinue Reading
For many years Texans have consoled ourselves that while our state had a disproportionate number of families with extremely low incomes, at leastContinue Reading
Our board member Dr. Shannon Van Zandt, a professor and interim head of Texas A&M University’s Landscape Architecture and UrbanContinue Reading
Our friends at La Union del Pueblo Entero (LUPE) and Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA) have been waging a multi-yearContinue Reading
A University of Texas law professor and community leaders recently spoke with tenants at an apartment complex in Sunnyside, a historicallyContinue Reading
In Texas, there is a law formally protecting landlord discrimination against people with housing vouchers, most of whom are African-American. A lawsuit filed Thursday inContinue Reading
It is really hard to figure out Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner’s position on racial housing segregation in government-assisted housing. HeContinue Reading
Elected on a pledge to “Stop Low-Income Government Housing” (see campaign ad above), Real Estate Broker and State Representative ValoreeContinue Reading
Austin is experiencing a moment of anxiety and introspection unlike any I have seen since I came here 44 yearsContinue Reading
Government-subsidized housing in Houston is among the most racially and economically segregated in the country thanks in large part toContinue Reading
The Dallas-based Inclusive Communities Project (ICP) has filed suit in federal district court against one of Texas’ largest property managementContinue Reading
Racial housing segregation in Houston is no accident. It is not voluntary on the part of Houstonians of color. It isContinue Reading
I gave this speech at the Housing Assistance Council Rural Housing Conference in Washington, D.C. on November 30. Watch the fullContinue Reading
I gave this speech before a group of community leaders and academics in Austin on November 15, reflecting on recentContinue Reading
This piece originally ran on Shelterforce Magazine’s Rooflines blog. The Inclusive Communities project has now filed a motion and briefContinue Reading
On August 18, 2016, I provided testimony at a public hearing over the City of Houston’s draft Action Plan for CommunityContinue Reading
The Houston Chronicle editorial board wrote a powerful column in support of fair housing in Sunday’s edition. We would not normally quoteContinue Reading
Congratulations to our friends and partners at buildingcommunityWORKSHOP [bc], Texas Organizing Project (TOP) and to the City of Houston Housing andContinue Reading
Eight years ago, Galveston was devastated by Hurricane Ike. Four years ago, at the urging of the Texas General LandContinue Reading
[The following remarks were delivered on June 22, 2016 at a conference, Southwest Border Colonias: Housing and Sustainable Development inContinue Reading
[The following remarks were delivered before the Austin chapter of the American Institute of Architects on June 21, 2016.] IContinue Reading
Photo: Charles Smith, Katherine Poole, Councilwoman Sally Shipman in the midst of fight to save Blackland neighborhood from University of Texas expansion (ca.Continue Reading
A proposed rule change for the use of federal Housing Choice Vouchers would greatly improve the chance that housing vouchers will do what theyContinue Reading
This piece originally ran on Shelterforce Magazine’s Rooflines blog. It’s rare when a major new national housing program comes along.Continue Reading
I live today just outside Clarksville, where three decades ago low income African-American families, aided by a handful of supporters, waged a landmarkContinue Reading
Houston is at a crossroads. The city is growing and the economy is booming – but only for some. DespiteContinue Reading