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State of Texas, counties and cities need to get rent assistance to tenants ASAP!

National issues, Uncategorized•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted September 1, 2021

This infographic from Texas Housers’ senior researcher Ben Martin shows the genuine danger thousands, if not millions, of Texans are…

Tags: covid-19, evictions, rent assistance

Breaking news: TX Supreme Court issues emergency order on CDC eviction moratorium to protect Texas tenants

State issues, Uncategorized•by John Henneberger•Posted September 17, 2020

By a vote of 6-2 today the Texas Supreme Court has issued an emergency order setting out much needed clearer…

Tags: Chronovirus, covid-19, evictions, Texas Supreme Court

Texans are losing their homes because judges are not consistently enforcing CDC eviction moratorium order

State issues, Uncategorized•by John Henneberger•Posted September 15, 2020

A September 1 order by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) prohibits landlords from evicting tenants from…

Tags: Coronavirus, Eviction

Podcast episode 25: A Voice for San Antonio Renters

A Little Louder, Local issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted February 21, 2020

Nearly half of the city of San Antonio’s residents are renters, and the cost of renting an apartment in the…

Tags: Fair housing, Renters, San Antonio, Tenant rights

Housers co-director honored for helping low-income people advance housing and community development solutions

Uncategorized•by •Posted September 6, 2018

The Poverty Law Section of the State Bar of Texas honored Texas Housers co-director John Henneberger this week at their…

Tags: Impact Award

Secretary Carson asks anybody to offer examples of housing discrimination HUD has ignored and pledges to be on it “like white on rice.” Here you go Mr. Secretary

National issues, Uncategorized•by John Henneberger•Posted July 18, 2018

HUD Secretary Ben Carson assured members of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee three weeks ago that he and HUD…

Tags: ben carson, Fair housing, HUD

A group of Lubbock neighborhood associations asks the City to make an equitable comprehensive plan – will Lubbock listen?

Local issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted July 11, 2018

For many American cities, the biggest obstacle for creating an equitable comprehensive plan for the future is overcoming systemically racist…

Tags: comprehensive plan 2040, CPAC, Inequality, Lubbock, public comment

Texas Housers submits comments to City of Houston on proposed Hurricane Harvey action plan

Harvey Recovery, Local issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted June 29, 2018

Texas Housers submitted comments to the City of Houston last week about the city’s proposed plan for spending $1.15 billion…

Tags: CDBG-DR, Disaster recovery, Houston, Hurricane recovery

Job announcement: Texas Houser Planner Analyst / Research Associate in Houston

Uncategorized•by John Henneberger•Posted June 4, 2018

Texas Housers has a immediate job opening for a Planner Analyst / Research Associate in our Houston office. DESCRIPTION This policy…

Tags: Job announcement

Lenwood Johnson, passionate, disruptive warrior for justice, dies

Uncategorized•by John Henneberger•Posted May 16, 2018

Lenwood Johnson, legendary Houston displacement opponent, community preservationist, good neighbor, public housing activist and a Texas Houser board member for…

Port Arthur residents told to wait for disaster recovery for too long, but hold out hope their government come through

Activities, Harvey Recovery, Local issues, National issues, News Clips, State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted May 10, 2018

As the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey approaches, there are unanswered questions from residents and a rising level of concern…

An equitable Houston demands continuous engagement in the wake of Harvey

Harvey Recovery, Local issues, State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted April 26, 2018

Hurricane Harvey “pulled back the curtain” on inequality in Houston, revealing some “scary truths about the city we are living…

Field Notes: An unequal response to disaster in Beaumont

Harvey Recovery, Uncategorized•by •Posted April 18, 2018

More than 48 inches of rain inundated Beaumont after Hurricane Harvey struck last August, and the deluge impacted people across…

Tags: Beaumont, Disaster recovery, Hurricane, Hurricane rebuilding

NYT editorial on federal government’s failure to prevent states and cities from using federal dollars to perpetuate segregation

Uncategorized•by John Henneberger•Posted April 7, 2018

An editorial appears in Sunday’s New York Times on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act.…

Part 1: Inclusive and desegregated communities are the only way to promote opportunity for all. We ask the courts to order HUD to do its job.

Uncategorized•by •Posted March 21, 2018

Envision communities where any family, regardless of income or race, can find a safe neighborhood close to good schools and…

Fair housing advocates demand choice for San Antonio voucher holders

Uncategorized•by •Posted March 20, 2018

Citing increased administrative burden, potential confusion among voucher participants and budgetary limitations, the San Antonio Housing Authority is applying for…

Clarksville’s story teaches lessons about Jim Crow, government racism and gentrification

Uncategorized•by John Henneberger•Posted February 28, 2018

Clarksville is a fading west Austin freedman’s community that can teach valuable lessons of the community struggle against the three…

President’s budget proposes massive cuts for Texas housing and community development

Uncategorized•by John Henneberger•Posted February 13, 2018

  Douglas Rice has posted a blog that estimates the impact President Trump’s budget on affordable housing in each state. In…

Navigating the Golden Triangle five months after Harvey

Harvey Recovery, Uncategorized•by •Posted February 9, 2018

Clinton McNair is on a mission.  Five months after Hurricane Harvey battered Texas’ Golden Triangle, the community navigator and Beaumont…

Plans to use federal dollars on buyouts for homeowners should not be rushed and should incorporate community

Uncategorized•by •Posted February 8, 2018

The state’s draft action plan for spending $57.8 million in federal disaster recovery funds was released on Jan. 18. The Texas General…

Harvey news week of 2/4

Harvey Recovery, Uncategorized•by •Posted February 8, 2018

Above photo by Charlie Riedel for Houston Chronicle Michelle Tremillo, the Texas Organizing Project’s  Executive Director published an op-ed in…

Harvey news week of 1/28

Harvey Recovery, Uncategorized•by •Posted February 3, 2018

Above photo by David J. Phillip/AP Council members with the City of Houston  agreed to forgive the exorbitant water bills…

Do Hurricane Harvey survivors with limited English proficiency have meaningful access to the recovery process?

Uncategorized•by •Posted January 25, 2018

The state’s draft action plan for spending $57.8 million in federal disaster recovery funds was released last Thursday. The Texas General Land…

Are the needs of impacted communities truly reflected in the state’s action plan?

Uncategorized•by •Posted January 24, 2018

The state’s draft action plan for spending $57.8 million in federal disaster recovery funds was released last Thursday. The Texas General Land…

Harvey news week of 1/14

Uncategorized•by •Posted January 17, 2018

Above photo by Houston Public Media The elimination of temporary protected status (TPS) for El Salvadoran migrants could impact the…

Harvey news update week of 1/7

Uncategorized•by •Posted January 12, 2018

Above photo by Scott Olson for Getty Images The Texas Tribune answered three lingering questions about infrastructure, the criminal justice…

Families with housing vouchers will have access to opportunity areas thanks to ruling by federal judge

Uncategorized•by •Posted January 3, 2018

More than 200,000 families who receive housing vouchers will now be given a greater opportunity to choose a neighborhood that…

FEMA: A brief history lesson

Uncategorized•by •Posted December 21, 2017

(Photo by Getty images) After a devastating hurricane season, residents of Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico are still struggling to…

Houstonians Demand DHAP

Uncategorized•by •Posted December 12, 2017

Four months after Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, residents from across the city gathered outside city hall demanding the adoption of…

Report Finds Housing and Finances as Top Concerns for Vulnerable Harvey Survivors

Uncategorized•by •Posted December 12, 2017

Earlier this week The Episcopal Health Foundation and Kaiser Family Foundation released a report outlining the needs of vulnerable post-Harvey…

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