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Report: No Good Choice for Houston’s Housing Choice Voucher Holders

Local issues, Uncategorized•by Michael Depland•Posted November 21, 2015

On November 7, the Houston Chronicle ran a front-page story called ‘The Divide: Hunting for a home,’ exploring the challenges facing…

Tags: Fair housing, Houston, source of income, Vouchers

The 2015 Texas Houser Awards

Uncategorized•by •Posted November 6, 2015

On November 4, we recognized four outstanding individuals with Texas Houser Awards: Assistant Secretary Gustavo Velasquez and Sara Pratt and from HUD’s…

Tags: Houser Awards

Texas House Speaker instructs Urban Affairs Committee to study housing and fair housing issues

State issues, Uncategorized•by John Henneberger•Posted November 4, 2015

Texas House Speaker Joe Straus has instructed the House Urban Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Carol Alvarado of Houston, to…

Tags: Urban Affairs Committee

Innovative disaster recovery housing model wins SXSW Eco award

Uncategorized•by •Posted October 8, 2015

Above: Jesse Miller and Elaine Morales of buildingcommunityWORKSHOP with their SXSW Eco award. We are thrilled that RAPIDO, the innovative model…

Video: Three veteran community organizers discuss their work in Rio Grande Valley colonias

Local issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted September 21, 2015

Since 2010 Texas Low Income Housing Information Service has worked closely with La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE) and A Resource…

Tags: ARISE, Community organizing, LUPE, Rio Grande Valley

South Texas colonia conditions mean possible repeat of Katrina level disaster

National issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted August 28, 2015

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, the Rio Grande Valley in southeast Texas is exactly the kind of…

Tags: Colonias, Disaster recovery, DRH, Katrina, Rio Grande Valley

2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit Report

State issues, Uncategorized•by Michael Depland•Posted August 28, 2015

Our analysis of the State of Texas’ 2015 Competitive Housing Tax Credit awards process seeks to understand how the current…

Tags: Housing Tax Credits, LIHTC

The story behind the Harbor Bridge: Segregation, neglect and pollution in Corpus Christi

Uncategorized•by •Posted August 7, 2015

This report was written in collaboration with Colin Cox and Thomas Dannehy, interns with Texas RioGrande Legal Aid. Cox and Dannehy…

Tags: Corpus Christi, Environmental justice, Harbor Bridge, Hillcrest, racial segregation

Video: Colonia youth speak on environmental injustice in their community

Uncategorized•by •Posted July 16, 2015

This summer, one of our partners in the Rio Grande Valley, A Resource In Serving Equality (ARISE), and our policy analyst Josué Ramirez are holding…

Mosquita y Mari: Highlighting the intersectionality of housing and queer identity

Uncategorized•by •Posted July 9, 2015

As part of Pride week in the Rio Grande Valley, Aqui Estamos, a fantastic new group focused on LGBTQ issues…

Tags: Fair housing, Housing Discrimination, Josue, LGBTQ, Rio Grande Valley, Staff post

The real impact of the Supreme Court’s fair housing decision

National issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted July 2, 2015

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision on the much debated case Texas Department of Housing & Community…

Tags: Chrishelle, Disparate impact, Fair housing, Fair Housing Act, Staff blog, Vouchers

HUD’s proposed change to voucher program could increase housing choice

Uncategorized•by •Posted June 16, 2015

It’s right there in the name: The Housing Choice Voucher program is supposed to provide families with vouchers with a…

Tags: Fair housing, Housing vouchers, HUD, source of income

Watch our webinar, “Mapping the Way to Fair Housing and Environmental Justice”

Uncategorized•by •Posted June 2, 2015

Last week, our co-director John Henneberger and fair housing planner Charlie Duncan participated in a Mapchat, the free webinar series…

Place matters: New research on income mobility for low income families

Uncategorized•by •Posted May 11, 2015

A landmark new study by The Equality of Opportunity Project, a research collaboration between Harvard University and the University of…

Tags: Disparate impact, Fair housing, Housing vouchers, Income mobility, segregation

Update: Anti-source of income protection bill approved by Texas House committee

Uncategorized•by •Posted April 28, 2015

Update 4/30: The House Urban Affairs Committee reconsidered the vote on HB 2909 on April 29, reporting favorably the committee substitute…

Tags: source of income, Texas Legislature

Mayor Adler’s State of the City address emphasizes Austin’s problems with housing affordability

Uncategorized•by •Posted April 21, 2015

The Austin American-Statesman described Austin Mayor Steve Adler’s State of the City address, which he delivered on Monday, as “somber.” We…

Tags: Affordable housing, Austin, Poverty

Update: Source of income protection reaches Texas Senate floor

Uncategorized•by •Posted March 31, 2015

Update 4/1: The Senate did not hear a third reading on CSSB 267 on Wednesday. The bill remains under consideration…

Tags: source of income, Texas Legislature

Video: LUCHA representative testifies on property tax lending before Texas House committee

Uncategorized•by •Posted March 27, 2015

Josue Lopez, a colonia resident in the Rio Grande Valley and a representative of the organizing group Land Use Colonia Housing…

Mapping the Austin Apartment Association’s opposition to source of income protection

Uncategorized•by •Posted March 20, 2015

In January, our co-director, John Henneberger, wrote in the Austin American-Statesman about the distressing similarities between Austin’s fair housing battles in…

Tags: Austin, Austin Apartment Association, source of income

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals lifts order barring Austin’s Source of Income protection ordnance

Uncategorized•by John Henneberger•Posted March 17, 2015

This afternoon the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans vacated its order blocking immediate implementation…

Tags: Fair housing, housing choice vouchers, Section 8

Video: Explaining the Disaster Recovery Housing Program

Uncategorized•by •Posted March 12, 2015

Our partners at buildingcommunityWORKSHOP recently produced this video, which explains the impact that a pilot housing program to rebuild homes after…

Housing Working Group for 2015 legislative session kicks off

Uncategorized•by •Posted January 9, 2015

Video: TxLIHIS’ Kevin Jewell explains what the Housing Working Group is all about. Each legislative session, Texas Low Income Housing…

Tags: Fair housing, legislative session, legislature, Texas

Rare Floor Fight on Model Subdivision Rules Bill

State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted May 3, 2013

Last Week, HB 611, (Rep Guillen) died on the floor of the Texas house on a record vote.  The bill…

Tags: Colonias, HB 611, Model Subdivision Rules, Texas Legislature

Blog Logistics

Uncategorized•by •Posted February 14, 2011

As most regular readers know, our posting schedule is somewhat erratic here at Texas Housers. If you’d like to get…

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