I was surprised to hear from the New York Times editorial staff around noon Tuesday. They wanted to know about…
Category: Tenant Rights
Tenant Rights are all the protections that can and should afford a renter the right to living safely and securely. All the stories that touch on laws, rules and regulations, fair housing, eviction court and the eviction process can be found here.
Bo McCarver’s weekly housing news compilation, 1-31-2012
Reporters snooping into Freddie Mac’s business dealings discover that the quasi-governmental organization makes money by screwing homeowners it’s supposed to…
Bo McCarver’s weekly housing news compilation, 1-10-2012
Anticipating a done-deal, government prosecutors are expanding an offer to banks to drop charges in exchange for billions of dollars…
Housing News Clips – November 2011
Tuesday Report, Nov. 1, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service As retribution for sleazy mortgage deals,…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 8-30-2011
In order to increase the value of occupied houses, banks are now financing the demolition of some that aren’t. In…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 5-3-2011
Tuesday Report, May 3, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service A new Harvard study shows that…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 2-15-2011
Tuesday Report, February 15, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Ike damage remains, and as part…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 11-16-2010
Tuesday Report, November 16, 2010 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Effects of the stagnant economy ripple…
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…
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…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation – 5/11/2010
Tuesday Report, May 11, 2010 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continue…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation – 5/4/2010
Tuesday Report, May 4, 2010 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Buyers rushing to take advantage of…
TDHCA Sunset Recommendation #7: 3 in 1 on manufactured housing
As previously discussed here at Texas Housers, TDHCA is currently undergoing Sunset Review. We are presenting recommendations for ways to…
Bo McCarver’s Weekly Housing News Compilation – 1/27/2010
Home construction and sales of existing homes sagged in December while revised federal programs toughened on riskier home loans but…
Bo McCarver’s weekly housing news compilation – 1/5/2010
The nation’s foreclosure rates are far outpacing federal efforts to modify loans. After nine months of efforts to restructure vulnerable…
Bo McCarver’s weekly housing news compilation – 11/17/2009
The consequences of rampant, irrational home loans issued during in the false economic boom of George W. Bush’s presidency continue…
Bo McCarver’s weekly housing news compilation – 10/27/2009
Confusion reins at Freddie Mac where the quasi-governmental agency cannot bridge the roles of oversight and profiteering. The organization was…
Bo McCarver’s weekly housing news compilation – 10/20/2009
Seeking to provide mortgages to a huge wait-list of first-time homeowners refused by private banks, the Obama Administration has initiated…
Bo McCarver’s Weekly Housing Compilation – 9/15/2009
On the first anniversary of Hurricane Ike, coastal newspapers chronicled the plight of thousands of displaced residents still waiting to…
Bo McCarver’s weekly housing news compilation – 7/21/2009
It’s just getting harder and harder for business editors to spin rosy real estate articles but creativity abounds — we’re…
Final recap of all housing related bills we followed in the Texas Legislature
I previously blogged about the fate of bills considered by the past session of the Texas Legislature that pertained to…
Bo McCarver’s weekly housing news compilation – 6/16/2009
While market analysts search vainly for glimmers of hope in the housing industry, foreclosure rates continue to soar. Efforts to…
Bo McCarver’s weekly housing news compilation – 6/9/2009
Housing stories were scarce this week as national economic and international events dominated the news. The business indicators remained gloom,…
I thought pigs would fly first, but landlord and tenant advocates work together
A strange, good thing came about in Texas in landlord tenant relations during this session of the Texas Legislature. After…
Bo McCarver’s weekly housing news compilation – 4/14/2009
Frozen by the recession, the nation’s exurbs are folding. Thousands of unfinished tract developments mark both the boundaries of sprawl…
Bo McCarver’s weekly housing news compilation – 3/24/2009
As the recession evolves to a depression, those in the top income bracket cling to their accumulations and wait for…
Bo McCarver’s weekly housing news compilation – 2/24/2009
The first infusion of federal money to bailout banks had insignificant impact on housing foreclosures as bankers channeled the money…
Bo McCarver’s weekly housing news compilation – 2/3/2009
All eyes were on the political struggle surrounding the Democratic stimulus program this week as more dismal news of foreclosures…
Bo McCarver’s weekly housing news compilation – 1/27/2009
With the first round of bailout billions having rendered no progress in stemming foreclosures, the Obama Administration ponders where to…