Austin housers voice concerns over proposed city housing cuts
Leaders in Austin’s affordable housing community met July 1 the City of Austin’s new Chief of Staff, Anthony Snipes toContinue Reading
Leaders in Austin’s affordable housing community met July 1 the City of Austin’s new Chief of Staff, Anthony Snipes toContinue Reading
Reading the story in the Houston Chronicle on July 4 about Andrea Lee who moved to Houston after Hurricane KatrinaContinue Reading
Low income tenants are seldom consulted about the quality of housing that the government builds for them. I have longContinue Reading
The Dallas Morning News ran a story by Kim Horner on June 23 about 500 Section 8 vouchers that haveContinue Reading
On Saturday, June 28, 2008, Lupe De Leon died at his home in El Cenizo TX. Mr. De Leon wasContinue Reading
Watch my video blog or read the text below. Austin is a city of intense racial and economic segregation. DespiteContinue Reading
Watch the slide show of racial and economic housing segregation and the current housing policy decisions of the City ofContinue Reading
June 18 was not an auspicious day in Austin housing rights history. Shortly before voting to adopt the anemic affordableContinue Reading
An Austin City Council affordable housing initiative fizzled out early June 19 as the Council voted to adopt a PUDContinue Reading
My colleague, Karen Paup stays up to date on all the Austin housing issues and she has pointed out anContinue Reading
House flippers and scam artists prey upon low income Texans as they desperately struggle to find a home or tryContinue Reading
In an outstanding piece of investigative journalism Houston Chronicle staff writers Matt Stiles, Mike Snyder and Julio Cortez have exposedContinue Reading
After yesterday’s posting in which I discussed the use of inclusionary zoning several people asked me what inclusionary zoning isContinue Reading
A group of us have been kicking around ideas to address the problem of the involuntary displacement of low incomeContinue Reading
The problem of the displacement of low-income families from long-established inner city neighborhoods has become a major issue in theContinue Reading