Four months after Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, residents from across the city gathered outside city hall demanding the adoption of…
Category: Housing
Report Finds Housing and Finances as Top Concerns for Vulnerable Harvey Survivors
Earlier this week The Episcopal Health Foundation and Kaiser Family Foundation released a report outlining the needs of vulnerable post-Harvey…
Harvey news week of 11/26
Above photo by Chris Aluka Berry for Reuters HOUSEHOLD EXPOSURE CONCERNS FOR HIV+ DISASTER SURVIVORS HIV positive patients and their…
Harvey news week of 11/19
Above photo by Jay Janner, Austin American Stateman THANKSGIVING IN TENT CITY 30 people are still living in a tents…
Published in Shelterforce: Rules for Radicals to Demand a Fair and Transformative Disaster Recovery
This piece was published in Shelterforce on Nov. 2, 2017. At Texas Housers, we’ve confronted a series of natural disasters…
Harvey news week of 10/1
Photo by Jon Shapely for Houston Chronicle LAWS SUSPENDED DURING HARVEY INCLUDE SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS More than 200…
Announcing the 2017 Texas Houser Awards on October 31st
On October 31, the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service will honor four outstanding individuals and one remarkable institution at…
Housing and disaster recovery experts to discuss rebuilding resilient communities at UT forum next week
Next week several housing and disaster recovery experts will discuss how rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Harvey can be equitable and…
Duranguito residents and allies resist City of El Paso’s attempt to turn neighborhood into ‘gringolandia’
A long-simmering controversy over a planned arena in downtown El Paso that would displace a historic neighborhood and its residents…
Harvey news week of 9/18
Photo by Steve Gonzalez for Houston Chronicle APARTMENT DWELLERS LEFT CONFUSED Disaster recovery efforts focus disproportionately on homeowners; neglecting the…
A better way to speed recovery from Harvey, by Texas A&M Prof. Shannon Van Zandt
Pictured above, Professors Walt Peacock and Shannon Van Zandt of the Texas A&M Hazard Reduction and Recover Center at a…
Videos of TRLA attorneys offer advice for recovering from Hurricane Harvey
Texas Housers is teaming up with attorneys from Texas RioGrande Legal Aid to produce a series of short videos providing…
Watch: TX Housers Houston co-director discusses rebuilding homes post-Harvey
Our Houston co-director, Chrishelle Palay has worked disaster recovery before and has worked with low-income communities so that they have…
Houston knew neighborhoods of color were inadequately protected from even modest storm events
(This photo above is a typical open drainage ditch in the African-American Houston Sunnyside neighborhood before Hurricane Harvey.) The City…
Beyond the bathroom bill, transgender Texans face housing discrimination and instability in dangerous political climate
This piece was written for Texas Housers by Michael Arria. The Texas Legislature has spent much of this summer’s special…
Saturday rally in Austin to kick off national week of action against federal housing cuts
The Trump administration’s proposed 2018 budget cuts for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development would hit Texas hard.…
Recommendations for getting the most out of Austin’s proposed CodeNEXT density bonus program
The CodeNEXT Density Bonus is a remarkable opportunity to achieve greater ethnic, racial and economic diversity and integration in Austin. If…
Learn more about our communications director position
I’ve been the communications director here at Texas Housers since 2015, but with personal life soon taking me to the…
We’re hiring! Apply to be our communications director
Texas Housers is looking for an experienced writer, with a background in journalism, research and storytelling, to help explain, publicize,…
Video: Texas Housers Houston co-director talks to New York Times about segregation
“It should not be the government’s role to dictate where people can and can’t live. People should always have a…
Finding the bright spots at the Legislature: Enhanced land and home protections for low income residents
The regular session of the 2017 Texas Legislature ended on May 29, and most housing-related legislation failed to advance through…
State bans another local affordable housing tool with anti-linkage fees legislation
Follow housing issues at the Texas Legislature and our full bill tracker here. Texas’ major cities face a housing affordability crisis…
One hundred years of poison: Why toxic fish still threaten Rio Grande Valley residents
This article originally ran on Neta, a bilingual multimedia platform based in the Rio Grande Valley where I am a…
Where housing legislation stands after key Texas House bill deadlines
Follow housing issues at the Texas Legislature and our full bill tracker here. We’ve reached a critical point in the state…
Legislators should be celebrating affordable housing, not fearmongering
I testified at a hearing of the Texas House of Representatives Urban Affairs Committee on May 2, speaking against HB 1792 by Rep.…
Update: Texas Senate approves expansion of innovative disaster recovery housing program
Follow housing issues at the Texas Legislature and our full bill tracker here. Update 5/8: SB 1673 by Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. has passed…
Texas House bills add hurdles to affordable housing in affluent neighborhoods
We cover committee hearings and votes on key bills related to housing at the Texas Legislature, which concludes its 2017 session…
Bills expected to raise tenant late fees advance in Texas House and Senate
As the Texas Legislature swings into high gear, we’ll be covering committee hearings and votes on key bills related to housing.…
Proposed legislation would protect LGBTQ+ Texans from housing discrimination
As the Texas Legislature swings into high gear, we’ll be covering committee hearings and votes on key bills related to housing.…
Residents stand up to elected officials, defend the right to have a say in Sunnyside
A Houston City Council Member’s recent response to a Sunnyside neighborhood leader perfectly exemplifies why low income, segregated communities still…