Houston has a responsibility to its community to rebuild Houston stronger than it was before Hurricane Harvey. In order to…
Category: Local issues
Local issues consist of housing topics faced by city and county governments that are of interest to local organizers and community groups.
San Antonio Housing Authority is looking for an out from rule that enables more low-income people to access opportunity neighborhoods
Would 12,600 San Antonio families who pay a portion of their rent with a Housing Choice (Section 8) voucher be…
#OutOfOrder comes to Houston City Hall
Yesterday outside Houston City Hall, a multigenerational group of tenants and tenant advocates joined together to highlight dangerous code violations…
A friendly city where the problems of race and equity go unacknowledged and unresolved
Lubbock proudly bills itself as “The Friendliest City in America.” The people of Lubbock are indeed friendly. Yet, like most…
Community planning and resiliency expert encourages being purposeful and prepared during hurricane rebuilding
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Houston has an opportunity to leverage its unique characteristics to build not only a…
Houston coalition for equitable recovery advocates more resources for low-income survivors in comments to Texas officials
A Houston-based coalition advocating an equitable recovery for vulnerable survivors of Hurricane Harvey is calling on the State of Texas…
Texas Housers, Inclusive Communities Project talk to Lubbock community about fair housing and neighborhood inequality
https://vimeo.com/255434267 The consequences of Jim Crow segregation common across the South still linger in Lubbock, where neighborhoods remain segregated and…
Sunnyside neighborhood leaders release report with UT Law clinic on dangerous apartment conditions
This week, community leaders of the Sunnyside neighborhood in Houston released a report that shines a light on some of…
Texas Housers discusses neighborhood inequality at Amarillo community development forum
(Downtown Amarillo) Amarillo Community Development and Neighborhood Equity from Texas Housers on Vimeo. Like much of Texas, Amarillo is…
Greatest concentration of unmet Hurricane Harvey housing need in Harris County is in low-income communities of color
Unmet Housing Needs of Hurricane Harvey Survivors in Houston/Harris County from Texas Housers on Vimeo. In Houston and Harris County…
Colonia residents deliver demand for new subdivision rules to Hidalgo County Commissioners via Christmas carol
MSR Carol at Hidalgo County Commissioners Court from Texas Housers on Vimeo. The Hidalgo County Commissioners Court is considering updates…
Fort Worth fair housing assessment shines light on community opposition to low-income housing
“If there is a cancer in the city, do not cut it out and replant it in another part of…
We’re looking for a dedicated housing advocate to lead our efforts in South Texas
Are you committed to social and economic justice? Do you love Texas and want all Texans to have a safe,…
Raymondville Drain project means more more water capacity. But will all communities benefit?
State and County officials broke ground last week marking the start of construction on the long-awaited Raymondville Drain Project —…
Rio Grande Valley youth one step closer in their campaign to “stop the smell”
Above: Leaders of the South Tower Power campaign at the City of Alamo Wastewater Treatment Plant. A Rio Grande Valley…
Hurricane predicted to hit the Gulf Coast; Texas may not be prepared to recover
The National Hurricane Center projects that Tropical Storm Harvey is now expected to be a major hurricane by the time…
Fair housing assessment in Rio Grande Valley offers chance for residents to fight segregated conditions
Discrimination is not always obvious in the Rio Grande Valley. But now Hidalgo County residents have a chance to weigh in on…
Austin City Council votes to sue state for prohibiting protections against voucher discrimination
Austin is finally fighting back against the state’s efforts to block a critical anti-discrimination protection. In 2014, the City of…
Listen: Potential relocation of I-45 risks displacement, loss of identity for Houston’s Fifth Ward
The proposal to expand and reroute Interstate 45 along the eastern end of Houston’s downtown has raised concerns about…
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…
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…
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…
Southeast Houston residents demand a voice after long-overdue demolition of blighted apartments
Tearing down the blighted Crestmont Village apartment complex is important for the safety of southeast Houston residents. But the City’s…
49 years after Dr. King’s death, Austin leaders offer a sweeping blueprint to racially integrate neighborhoods
Forty-nine years ago today Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. Today Austin is proclaiming, in a manner that…
Estimates of housing voucher cuts for each Texas city under President’s budget
Thanks to research by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, we can now see the effects that President Trump’s proposed…
At long last, basic public services may be coming to some current and future South Texas colonias
This opinion column originally appeared in the Rio Grande Guardian on March 1, co-authored by IMartha Sanchez of LUPE and Texas…
Health inequalities are strongly reflected in Houston’s residential racial segregation
Neighborhood inequality is most often measured by an area’s physical and economic characteristics. Yet health inequalities between neighborhoods receive less attention…
Texas 7th, Houston 3rd worst nationally among states, cities in housing affordability for poor
For many years Texans have consoled ourselves that while our state had a disproportionate number of families with extremely low incomes, at least…
Looking for a place to live without “bullets flying through the property”
A University of Texas law professor and community leaders recently spoke with tenants at an apartment complex in Sunnyside, a historically…
Henneberger, City Shaper: Austin’s diversity deserves to be cultivated and protected
Austin’s Tribeza Magazine has named Texas Housers co-director John Henneberger an “Austin City Shaper.” Here is their recognition of John (pictured in…