Tuesday Report, March 29, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service As sales of new homes drop…
Category: Subsidized Housing
All posts related to subsidized housing, be it public housing, tax credits, Section 8 housing, and more, can be found under this category.
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 3-22-2011
Tuesday Report, March 22, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Shoddy lending practices of major banks…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 3-15-2011
Tuesday Report, March 15, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service The horror stories of screwed homeowners…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 3-8-2011
Tuesday Report, March 8, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service The Obama Administration’s program to help…
Study of State’s Use of LIHTC Boost
This month the “Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits” included an article examining how different states utilize their ability to offer…
U. S. House FY11 Budget Bill Slashes and Burns Federal Housing Safety Net
This press release from the National Low Income Housing Coalition unfortunately shows the current budgetary carnage is not restricted to…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation 1-25-2011
Tuesday Report, January 25, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Litigation bears down on sleazy mortgage…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation 1-11-2010
Tuesday Report, Jan. 11, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service The twisting and murky maneuvers in…
Recap of Sunset Commission Recommendations for TDHCA
Last week the Texas sunset commission adopted its final recommendations regarding the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA). …
Housing Credit Update
A couple of changes in the prospects for the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program in the last few days.…
Study: Leading Subsidized Housing Program in Texas Limits Economic Opportunity of the Poor
New report finds that Low Income Housing Tax Credit housing is more likely than other rental housing to be built…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 11-30-2010 & 12-07-2010
Tuesday Report, November 30, 2010 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Dallas is the latest Texas city…
Recap of TDHCA’s QAP Adoption
Last Thursday the board of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) adopted the rules governing the allocation…
TxLIHIS Comments on Proposed 2011 QAP
October 23, 2010 Ms. Robbye Meyer Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs P.O. Box 13941 Austin, TX 78711-3941 RE:…
NIMBYism in Real Time
“Studies show it [NIMBYism] has contributed to projects being clustered in less affluent areas with high concentrations of minorities, such…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 10-19-2010
Tuesday Report, October 19, 2010 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service The megabanks resume foreclosures at breakneck…
“Neighborhood” letters and Tax Credit Properties
Eric Dexheimer at that Statesman has an extensive article examining neighborhood groups and the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program. …
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 10-5-2010 & 9-28-10
Tuesday Report, October 5, 2010 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service According to new census figures and…
TxLIHIS Files Comments on Sunset Staff Report on TDHCA
We recently signed on to two sets of comments on the Sunset Staff report on TDHCA. The first set was…
Lawsuit alleging race discrimination in Texas housing tax credit program clears (another) hurdle
The Federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas has ruled that the Inclusive Communities Project has legal standing…
Two Documents From The Feds This Week
The Feds released two documents this week that are worth mentioning, at least in passing. First, the Obama Administration’s “housing…
Bo McCarver’s Weekly News Compilation, 9-1 through 9-21-2010
Tuesday Report, September 21, 2010 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Galveston’s shakers and movers have been…
Sunset Staff TDHCA Report Released
The sunset staff report on TDHCA is out and available here: The report identifies and discusses 8 issues: Lack of…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation -7/20/2010
Tuesday Report, July 20, 2010 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service The paradigm of unlimited growth is…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation – 7/6/2010
Tuesday Report, July 6, 2010 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service As the nation’s economy recalibrates from…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation – 6/8/2010
Tuesday Report, June 8, 2010 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Class wars abound in Texas cities:…
New York Times praises State of Texas/TxLIHIS disaster recovery settlement
The New York Times published this editorial Monday about our settlement with the State of Texas. Editorial HUD Steps Up…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation – 6/1/2010
Tuesday Report, June 1, 2010 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service The recession drags into a third…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation – 5/25/2010
Tuesday Report, May 25, 2010 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Home sales are up, thanks to…
Statement on our Fair Housing settlement with the State of Texas
HUD ACCEPTS $1.7 BILLION REVISED DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN PRIORITIZING REBUILDING HOMES OF SURVIVORS An historic agreement between affordable housing advocates,…