State of Texas, counties and cities need to get rent assistance to tenants ASAP!
This infographic from Texas Housers’ senior researcher Ben Martin shows the genuine danger thousands, if not millions, of Texans areContinue Reading
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Breaking news: TX Supreme Court issues emergency order on CDC eviction moratorium to protect Texas tenants
By a vote of 6-2 today the Texas Supreme Court has issued an emergency order setting out much needed clearerContinue Reading
Texans are losing their homes because judges are not consistently enforcing CDC eviction moratorium order
A September 1 order by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) prohibits landlords from evicting tenants fromContinue Reading
Podcast episode 25: A Voice for San Antonio Renters
Nearly half of the city of San Antonio’s residents are renters, and the cost of renting an apartment in theContinue Reading
Housers co-director honored for helping low-income people advance housing and community development solutions
The Poverty Law Section of the State Bar of Texas honored Texas Housers co-director John Henneberger this week at theirContinue Reading
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
HUD Secretary Ben Carson assured members of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee three weeks ago that he and HUDContinue Reading
A group of Lubbock neighborhood associations asks the City to make an equitable comprehensive plan – will Lubbock listen?
For many American cities, the biggest obstacle for creating an equitable comprehensive plan for the future is overcoming systemically racistContinue Reading
Texas Housers submits comments to City of Houston on proposed Hurricane Harvey action plan
Texas Housers submitted comments to the City of Houston last week about the city’s proposed plan for spending $1.15 billionContinue Reading
Job announcement: Texas Houser Planner Analyst / Research Associate in Houston
Texas Housers has a immediate job opening for a Planner Analyst / Research Associate in our Houston office. DESCRIPTION This policyContinue Reading
Lenwood Johnson, passionate, disruptive warrior for justice, dies
Lenwood Johnson, legendary Houston displacement opponent, community preservationist, good neighbor, public housing activist and a Texas Houser board member forContinue Reading
Port Arthur residents told to wait for disaster recovery for too long, but hold out hope their government come through
As the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey approaches, there are unanswered questions from residents and a rising level of concernContinue Reading
An equitable Houston demands continuous engagement in the wake of Harvey
Hurricane Harvey “pulled back the curtain” on inequality in Houston, revealing some “scary truths about the city we are livingContinue Reading
Field Notes: An unequal response to disaster in Beaumont
More than 48 inches of rain inundated Beaumont after Hurricane Harvey struck last August, and the deluge impacted people acrossContinue Reading
NYT editorial on federal government’s failure to prevent states and cities from using federal dollars to perpetuate segregation
An editorial appears in Sunday’s New York Times on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act.Continue Reading
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.
Envision communities where any family, regardless of income or race, can find a safe neighborhood close to good schools andContinue Reading
Fair housing advocates demand choice for San Antonio voucher holders
Citing increased administrative burden, potential confusion among voucher participants and budgetary limitations, the San Antonio Housing Authority is applying forContinue Reading
Clarksville’s story teaches lessons about Jim Crow, government racism and gentrification
Clarksville is a fading west Austin freedman’s community that can teach valuable lessons of the community struggle against the threeContinue Reading
President’s budget proposes massive cuts for Texas housing and community development
Douglas Rice has posted a blog that estimates the impact President Trump’s budget on affordable housing in each state. InContinue Reading
Navigating the Golden Triangle five months after Harvey
Clinton McNair is on a mission. Five months after Hurricane Harvey battered Texas’ Golden Triangle, the community navigator and BeaumontContinue Reading
Plans to use federal dollars on buyouts for homeowners should not be rushed and should incorporate community
The state’s draft action plan for spending $57.8 million in federal disaster recovery funds was released on Jan. 18. The Texas GeneralContinue Reading
Harvey news week of 2/4
Above photo by Charlie Riedel for Houston Chronicle Michelle Tremillo, the Texas Organizing Project’s Executive Director published an op-ed inContinue Reading
Harvey news week of 1/28
Above photo by David J. Phillip/AP Council members with the City of Houston agreed to forgive the exorbitant water billsContinue Reading
Do Hurricane Harvey survivors with limited English proficiency have meaningful access to the recovery process?
The state’s draft action plan for spending $57.8 million in federal disaster recovery funds was released last Thursday. The Texas General LandContinue Reading
Are the needs of impacted communities truly reflected in the state’s action plan?
The state’s draft action plan for spending $57.8 million in federal disaster recovery funds was released last Thursday. The Texas General LandContinue Reading
Harvey news week of 1/14
Above photo by Houston Public Media The elimination of temporary protected status (TPS) for El Salvadoran migrants could impact theContinue Reading
Harvey news update week of 1/7
Above photo by Scott Olson for Getty Images The Texas Tribune answered three lingering questions about infrastructure, the criminal justiceContinue Reading
Families with housing vouchers will have access to opportunity areas thanks to ruling by federal judge
More than 200,000 families who receive housing vouchers will now be given a greater opportunity to choose a neighborhood thatContinue Reading
FEMA: A brief history lesson
(Photo by Getty images) After a devastating hurricane season, residents of Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico are still struggling toContinue Reading
Houstonians Demand DHAP
Four months after Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, residents from across the city gathered outside city hall demanding the adoption ofContinue Reading
Report Finds Housing and Finances as Top Concerns for Vulnerable Harvey Survivors
Earlier this week The Episcopal Health Foundation and Kaiser Family Foundation released a report outlining the needs of vulnerable post-HarveyContinue Reading