It’s to be expected. Anti-government pundits and apologists for predatory lenders are spinning hard, trying to shift the blame for…
Author: John Henneberger
I started my commitment to housing justice for people and communities with low incomes in 1975 in Austin's Clarksville community. These years of working side-by-side with dedicated community leaders to find solutions to housing and community development challenges have taught me some things and I’m learning new things every day.Bo McCarver’s weekly housing news compliation – 9/30/2008
Tent cities continue to sprout across the nation as foreclosures soar and jobs disappear. The financial institutions that might generate…
Thanks for supporting our 20th anniversary
On the behalf of the board and staff of the Texas Low Income Housing Information we want to thank the…
New Orleans de je vue in Galveston
Forrest Wilder’s Texas Observer Blog about high end housing construction on Galveston Island is well worth reading. There should be…
Hurricane Ike emergency housing status
Some of the elements of the Hurricane Ike housing relief package have become know this week. Here is a review…
A US homebuilder makes a major contribution to getting Mexicans to hate us
U.S. builder hopes Mexicans will want homes made from shipping containers Company targeting poor factory workers in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico…
Bo McCarver’s weekly housing news compliation – 9/23/2008
My friend and fellow houser Bo McCarver shares with the Texas housers blog the housing related stories from his weekly…
The foreclosure resistant low income mortgage loan
The $700 billion bailout of Wall Street brought about by the subprime/ predatory mortgage debacle points out that there needs…
FEMA rejects Mayor White’s request to allow Houston to begin immediate emergency housing repairs
Speaking about the need to take quick action to weatherproof houses damaged by Hurricane Ike, I earlier recommended a concerned…
Lessons from Kartina and Rita about rebuilding permanent housing for low income hurricane survivors
We learned valuable lessons from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita about providing post-disaster housing assistance to low income families. This is…
How to judge the success of Hurricane Ike housing relief? Count the blue roofs in six months.
They are called blue roofs. The roofs are blue because FEMA pays contractors to stretch blue plastic tarps over the…
Bo McCarver’s weekly housing news compliation – 9/16/2008
My friend and fellow houser Bo McCarver shares with the Texas housers blog the housing related stories from his weekly…
A New Orleans obituary has lessons for Galveston
They have their hands full right now, but someday before the plans for rebuilding are set the city leaders in…
Our ten point plan for rehousing low income Hurricane Ike survivors
There are many critical housing needs facing Hurricane Ike survivors of all incomes. Our focus is on the area of…
Apply the lessens of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita to the Ike relief efforts
We learned a lot of valuable lessons from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita about providing post-disaster housing assistance to low income…
New management of GSEs says housing tax credits will not be dumped
Earlier I expressed concerns about the portfolios of Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) held by Fannie Mae and Freddie…
We could have been better prepared for Hurricane Ike
At this hour the Houston-Galveston area is bracing for a forecasted direct hit from Hurricane Ike. Once again the impact…
Revitalizing nuisance properties to be explored at Dallas meeting
I have discussed the problem of getting cities to take action on abandoned and derelict properties in low income neighborhoods. …
Bo McCarver’s weekly housing news compliation – 9/10/2008
My friend and fellow houser Bo McCarver shares with the Texas housers blog the housing related stories from his weekly…
Texas should prioritize energy efficiency in low income housing development
Utility costs are a large and growing problem for low income families. We need to explore the cost effectiveness of…
Affordable lending is not to blame for the demise of Fannie and Freddie
Floyd Norris, writing in Sunday’s New York Times, lays the blame for the government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie…
Could a federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac prove disasterous for low income rental housing?
Who would have thought we would be looking at a federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Because it…
State housing agency board acts fiscally responsibly on LIHTC awards
My compliments to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) board of directors who rejected pleas from low…
Come to our 20th anniversary party October 1
You are invited to join the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service and the Johnson family in a celebration of…
Bo McCarver’s weekly housing news compilation – 9/3/2008
My friend and fellow houser Bo McCarver shares with the Texas housers blog the housing related stories from his weekly…
Houston: The Real Texas? I pray not based on these attitudes
In the late 1990’s the marketing motto of Houston was “Houston: The Real Texas.” Based on what I have been…
When the next hurricane hits most low income Texas homeowners will not have any insurance
Many people were shocked in the wake of Hurricane Rita at seventy percent of the homeowners (who were overwhelmingly low…
Three years after Katrina: from compassion to racist stereotypes
Today marks the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The images of the suffering poor left behind in New Orleans caused…
New Census study documents stunning levels of income inequality in Texas
This week the US Bureau of the Census released a report titled. Income, Earnings, and Poverty Data From the 2007…