On February 5, Congress is holding a hearing entitled “The Trump Administration’s Proposal to Gut Fair Housing Accountability” to discussContinue Reading
There is no question that the impetus for Congress passing and President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the 1968 Fair HousingContinue Reading
This week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under Secretary Ben Carson abdicated its role as the country’sContinue Reading
Numerous cities and states, including the City of Austin, as well as housing and anti-poverty advocates, filed amicus briefs thisContinue Reading
HUD’s Postponement of the New Fair Housing Rule from Texas Housers on Vimeo. Last week the Trump administration announced thatContinue Reading
Discrimination is not always obvious in the Rio Grande Valley. But now Hidalgo County residents have a chance to weigh in onContinue Reading
Austin is finally fighting back against the state’s efforts to block a critical anti-discrimination protection. In 2014, the City ofContinue Reading
This piece ran in the Gray Matters section of the Houston Chronicle on February 16. Texas Housers Houston co-director Chrishelle PalayContinue Reading
This is a guest post from Dr. Bakeyah Nelson, a public health practitioner and founder of Community Health Collaborative Consulting inContinue Reading
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued a bulletin that reprimands a thinly-veiled “Agency” in “State X” for its reliance on local supportContinue Reading
Every neighborhood in Houston deserves quality affordable housing, including the community of Independence Heights. But affordable housing should not only beContinue Reading
Texas Housers fair housing planner Charlie Duncan and University of Texas professor Heather Way were among the speakers at aContinue Reading
There have been some recent signs that Houston is slowly accepting the need to practice fair housing and treat allContinue Reading
During a prominent time for fair housing in America, the Dallas area has been the epicenter, thanks in large partContinue Reading
On the last day of 2015, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the final version of itsContinue Reading
At the LBJ School of Public Affairs in Austin, 50 years to the day since President Lyndon B. Johnson established theContinue Reading
The Obama administration has just announced a much-anticipated regulation designed to make the Fair Housing Act more effective at eliminatingContinue Reading