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Category: Local issues

The present day saga on one Texas non-border colonia

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 11, 2008

First Texas had colonias along the border with Mexico.  Now “non-border colonias” are an emerging issue. A colonia, in Texas terms,…

Tags: Colonias, Contract for deed

Austin housers voice concerns over proposed city housing cuts

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 8, 2008

Leaders in Austin’s affordable housing community met July 1 the City of Austin’s new Chief of Staff, Anthony Snipes to…

Tags: Austin, Housing budget, Housing resources

Katrina evacuee’s Habitat success story greeted by cheers and jeers

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 7, 2008

Reading the story in the Houston Chronicle on July 4 about Andrea Lee who moved to Houston after Hurricane Katrina…

Tags: Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane rebuilding

The voice of consumers is missing in judging subsidized housing

Local issues, National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 6, 2008

Low income tenants are seldom consulted about the quality of housing that the government builds for them. I have long…

Tags: housing compliance, Housing policy, Low income housing, Substandard housing, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Unraveling the mystery of 500 unused Dallas Section 8 vouchers

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 4, 2008

The Dallas Morning News ran a story by Kim Horner on June 23 about 500 Section 8 vouchers that have…

Tags: Dallas, Dallas Housing Authority, Housing segregation, Housing vouchers, Public housing authorities, Section 8

El Cenizo community leader Lupe De Leon fought for property rights, housing, better living conditions

Local issues•by •Posted July 3, 2008

On Saturday, June 28, 2008, Lupe De Leon died at his home in El Cenizo TX.  Mr. De Leon was…

Tags: Colonias, Community leaders

Part 2: Housing segregation in Austin – a community blind to the problem

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 1, 2008

Watch my video blog or read the text below. Austin is a city of intense racial and economic segregation. Despite…

Tags: Austin, Housing segregation

Part 1: Housing segregation in Austin – a product of government policy

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 30, 2008

Watch the slide show of racial and economic housing segregation and the current housing policy decisions of the City of…

Tags: Austin, Housing segregation

Home builders object and Austin backs away from housing visitability requirements

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 22, 2008

June 18 was not an auspicious day in Austin housing rights history. Shortly before voting to adopt the anemic affordable…

Tags: Accessibility, Austin, Housing policy, Visitability

City of Austin’s affordable housing initiative fizzles out

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 21, 2008

An Austin City Council affordable housing initiative fizzled out early June 19 as the Council voted to adopt a PUD…

Tags: Austin, Housing incentives, Inclusionary zoning

City of Austin staff proposes housing cuts of over $6 million

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 19, 2008

My colleague, Karen Paup stays up to date on all the Austin housing issues and she has pointed out an…

Tags: Austin, Housing budget, Margaret Shaw

House flippers and scam artists prey on Houston poor

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 18, 2008

House flippers and scam artists prey upon low income Texans as they desperately struggle to find a home or try…

Tags: Contract for deed, House flippers, Mortgage fraud

Disgraceful indifference to substandard conditions in Houston

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 17, 2008

In an outstanding piece of investigative journalism Houston Chronicle staff writers Matt Stiles, Mike Snyder and Julio Cortez have exposed…

Tags: Housing codes, Substandard apartments, Substandard housing

Inclusionary zoning: background

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 10, 2008

After yesterday’s posting in which I discussed the use of inclusionary zoning several people asked me what inclusionary zoning is…

Tags: Economic integration, Elizabeth Mueller, Inclusionary housing, Inclusionary zoning, Racial integration

Recommendations for state action to prevent displacement of low income people from gentrifying neighborhoods

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 9, 2008

A group of us have been kicking around ideas to address the problem of the involuntary displacement of low income…

Tags: Displacement, Gentrification, Interim hearings

Do Texas cities care about gentrification?

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 2, 2008

The problem of the displacement of low-income families from long-established inner city neighborhoods has become a major issue in the…

Tags: Displacement, Gentrification, Homestead preservation district, Speculation

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