Harvey news week of 11/26
Above photo by Chris Aluka Berry for Reuters HOUSEHOLD EXPOSURE CONCERNS FOR HIV+ DISASTER SURVIVORS HIV positive patients and theirContinue Reading
Above photo by Chris Aluka Berry for Reuters HOUSEHOLD EXPOSURE CONCERNS FOR HIV+ DISASTER SURVIVORS HIV positive patients and theirContinue Reading
Above photo by Jay Janner, Austin American Stateman THANKSGIVING IN TENT CITY 30 people are still living in a tentsContinue Reading
This piece was published in Shelterforce on Nov. 2, 2017. At Texas Housers, we’ve confronted a series of natural disastersContinue Reading
Photo by Jon Shapely for Houston Chronicle LAWS SUSPENDED DURING HARVEY INCLUDE SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS More than 200Continue Reading
On October 31, the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service will honor four outstanding individuals and one remarkable institution atContinue Reading
Next week several housing and disaster recovery experts will discuss how rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Harvey can be equitable andContinue Reading
A long-simmering controversy over a planned arena in downtown El Paso that would displace a historic neighborhood and its residentsContinue Reading
Photo by Steve Gonzalez for Houston Chronicle APARTMENT DWELLERS LEFT CONFUSED Disaster recovery efforts focus disproportionately on homeowners; neglecting theContinue Reading
Pictured above, Professors Walt Peacock and Shannon Van Zandt of the Texas A&M Hazard Reduction and Recover Center at aContinue Reading
Texas Housers is teaming up with attorneys from Texas RioGrande Legal Aid to produce a series of short videos providingContinue Reading
Our Houston co-director, Chrishelle Palay has worked disaster recovery before and has worked with low-income communities so that they haveContinue Reading
(This photo above is a typical open drainage ditch in the African-American Houston Sunnyside neighborhood before Hurricane Harvey.) The CityContinue Reading
This piece was written for Texas Housers by Michael Arria. The Texas Legislature has spent much of this summer’s specialContinue Reading
The Trump administration’s proposed 2018 budget cuts for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development would hit Texas hard.Continue Reading
The CodeNEXT Density Bonus is a remarkable opportunity to achieve greater ethnic, racial and economic diversity and integration in Austin. IfContinue Reading
I’ve been the communications director here at Texas Housers since 2015, but with personal life soon taking me to theContinue Reading
Texas Housers is looking for an experienced writer, with a background in journalism, research and storytelling, to help explain, publicize,Continue Reading
“It should not be the government’s role to dictate where people can and can’t live. People should always have aContinue Reading
The regular session of the 2017 Texas Legislature ended on May 29, and most housing-related legislation failed to advance throughContinue Reading
Follow housing issues at the Texas Legislature and our full bill tracker here. Texas’ major cities face a housing affordability crisisContinue Reading
This article originally ran on Neta, a bilingual multimedia platform based in the Rio Grande Valley where I am aContinue Reading
Follow housing issues at the Texas Legislature and our full bill tracker here. We’ve reached a critical point in the stateContinue Reading
I testified at a hearing of the Texas House of Representatives Urban Affairs Committee on May 2, speaking against HB 1792 by Rep.Continue Reading
Follow housing issues at the Texas Legislature and our full bill tracker here. Update 5/8: SB 1673 by Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. has passedContinue Reading
We cover committee hearings and votes on key bills related to housing at the Texas Legislature, which concludes its 2017 sessionContinue Reading
As the Texas Legislature swings into high gear, we’ll be covering committee hearings and votes on key bills related to housing.Continue Reading
As the Texas Legislature swings into high gear, we’ll be covering committee hearings and votes on key bills related to housing.Continue Reading
A Houston City Council Member’s recent response to a Sunnyside neighborhood leader perfectly exemplifies why low income, segregated communities stillContinue Reading
As the Texas Legislature swings into high gear, we’ll be covering committee hearings and votes on key bills related to housing.Continue Reading
As the Texas Legislature swings into high gear, we’ll be covering committee hearings and votes on key bills related to housing.Continue Reading