On April 16, Texas Housers submitted comments alongside Texas Appleseed on Houston’s Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice. EveryContinue Reading
(Note: Community navigator Ericka Bowman contributed to this blog) It is hard enough living in a food desert. Add aContinue Reading
In the 1950s and 60s, when highways like I-10 and U.S. 59 were initially constructed through Houston neighborhoods, residents couldContinue Reading
“Our community has always survived without, so this isn’t necessarily new, but during a state of emergency, we are moreContinue Reading
Last week, the National Low Income Housing Coalition published their 2020 edition of The Gap report, which annually evaluates theContinue Reading
When Texans are confronted with rising floodwater, violent tornadoes, or other threats, we have shown that we band together toContinue Reading
For decades, federal, state and local officials knew that the fish in Donna Lake in the Rio Grande Valley carriedContinue Reading
Nearly half of the city of San Antonio’s residents are renters, and the cost of renting an apartment in theContinue Reading
Texas Housers has worked for years in the Rio Grande Valley, partnering with motivated organizations like LUPE and ARISE, toContinue Reading
In early January 2020, Oakland group Moms4Housing was subjected to a militarized eviction from an unoccupied home it had takenContinue Reading
The proposed expansion of I-45 in Houston, officially known as the North Houston Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP), is a primeContinue Reading
In Texas, and across the country disability rights activists have demanded, worked for, and won improved transportation services, the rightContinue Reading
On February 5, Congress is holding a hearing entitled “The Trump Administration’s Proposal to Gut Fair Housing Accountability” to discussContinue Reading
On January 16, a group of residents who have come together to utilize their collective power under the name Harvey ForgottenContinue Reading
Texas Housers is committed to housing justice in all the avenues that we use. Communities where individuals and families sufferContinue Reading
The challenge of substandard colonias are not unique to the border or even our era, but are actually an ageContinue Reading
The Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens areas of Houston are historic Black neighborhoods where families have proudly planted roots forContinue Reading
In 2019, Texas Housers spent the entire year documenting the disadvantages for Black tenants in HUD-subsidized, Project-Based Section 8 RentalContinue Reading
Julia Orduña is Texas Housers’ Community Navigator in the greater Houston area. She is sharing her initial impressions of workingContinue Reading
Housing inequality can often manifest in ways that many do not think of and some take for granted. For example,Continue Reading
In August 2019, the Texas Department of State Health Services discovered what many residents of Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens inContinue Reading
In 2012, Congress authorized some public housing agencies to convert units from their original federally-funded public housing developments to project-based Section 8Continue Reading
More than one-third of households in Texas are renters, and in Austin, more than half of residents rent their homes.Continue Reading
Texas Housers is exploring the issues of HUD-subsidized housing from the perspective of the tenants. In Part 1 of aContinue Reading
In 1915, Independence Heights was the first town incorporated by African Americans in the state of Texas. For more thanContinue Reading
In 2015, partners of Texas Housers developed the Four Rights as a framework to discuss and practice fair housing. ThoseContinue Reading
Since its creation in 2017, the Opportunity Zones program was touted by the Trump Administration as a measure to revitalizeContinue Reading
Untangling a century of discrimination takes hard, dedicated work. For nearly two years, neighborhoods in Lubbock’s East and North Side haveContinue Reading
San Antonio could be the first city in Texas to pilot a Right to Counsel initiative to guarantee renters inContinue Reading
“Housing assistance should be more than just putting a roof over someone’s head,” HUD Secretary Ben Carson told a FortContinue Reading