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
In the two years since Hurricane Harvey made landfall, so much has changed. There has even been some encouraging movementContinue Reading
If you want to change law and policy, you have to change people’s minds. And to change people’s minds, youContinue Reading
Two years ago this week, Hurricane Harvey made landfall over Southeast Texas. The storm’s strength didn’t just punish with its heavyContinue Reading
The politics of who is in charge may shift through the years, but our commitment as a nation to providingContinue Reading
Season 2 of our podcast is live, and it starts with a deep dive into a multi-year drainage campaign inContinue Reading
Fair housing was signed into law to root out segregation and individual acts of discrimination. But it means so muchContinue Reading
In a natural disaster, it is vital to act as quickly as possible to help those most vulnerable first. SomeContinue Reading
For the past several months, Texas Housers and our partners have been tracking the public concern around the expansion ofContinue Reading
For more than 14 years, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has been planning the North Houston Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP),Continue Reading
For more than a decade, colonia leaders, organizers and Texas Housers have been pushing Hidalgo County to target program fundsContinue Reading
Following a natural disaster, a survivor’s road back to normal can be long and difficult. If they are lucky enoughContinue Reading
Since the haphazard rollout of the Opportunity Zone program in the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017, advocates acrossContinue Reading
In episode 9 of our podcast, A Little Louder, we talk about how a subsidized apartment complex in Galveston isContinue Reading
Across the country, there are numerous underserved and disinvested communities fighting for the ownership and legacy of their neighborhoods. GentrificationContinue Reading
Yesterday, Texas Housers joined community leaders in the Rio Grande Valley at a press conference to celebrate a major victoryContinue Reading
Without setting foot in one home or even talking to a single resident, a simple walk through the streets ofContinue Reading
Long-established Texas laws that have protected tenants for years from paying punitive and unreasonable late fees for overdue rent areContinue Reading