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Tag: Affordable housing

Proposed Qualified Allocation Plan assisting households with incomes above HTC limits raises serious concerns

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted August 2, 2022

Each year, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) updates the set of rules that guide the Low…

Tags: Affordable housing, LIHTC, QAP, TDHCA

REPORT: Soaring rents put affordable housing ‘Out Of Reach’ for low-income tenants in Texas

Local issues, National issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted July 28, 2022

Millions of Texan renters have been majorly impacted by landlords raising rents this year. Couple this with eviction case numbers…

Tags: Affordable housing, NLIHC, Out of Reach

A Little Louder Podcast Episode 39: Five things that need fixing in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program

A Little Louder, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted November 22, 2021

John is back in the booth for a new episode of A Little Louder! On this episode of A Little…

Tags: A Little Louder, Affordable housing, LIHTC

Texas ranks at the bottom for affordable and available housing for Extremely Low Income renters. This is what Congress must do to help.

National issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted March 18, 2021

The National Low Income Housing Coalition publishes the Gap Report every March to assess the shortage of affordable and available…

Tags: Affordable housing, NLIHC, The Gap

Podcast Episode 30: Who is this housing for and where does it go?

A Little Louder, State issues•by •Posted October 30, 2020

Every year, Texas receives millions of dollars in tax credits to help developers build affordable housing. It’s big money and…

Tags: Affordable housing, QAP, TDHCA

Fort Worth wants affordable housing and could have it, if the city strongly rejects NIMBY pitfalls

Local issues, State issues•by •Posted July 21, 2020

In late June 2020, Fort Worth City Council voted against a zoning change that would have likely secured tax credit…

Tags: Affordable housing, Fort Worth, NIMBY, TDHCA

Out Of Reach 2020 highlights that there is too little affordable housing for low-income Texans

Local issues, National issues, State issues•by Michael Depland•Posted July 14, 2020

COVID-19 has forced our nation to reckon with many of its flawed systems. While our country is experiencing a fundamental…

Tags: Affordable housing, Housing Wage, NLIHC, Out of Reach

Texas ranks near last in affordable and available housing for the lowest income renters, new report shows

National issues, State issues•by Michael Depland•Posted March 13, 2020

This week, the National Low Income Housing Coalition released their 2020 edition of The Gap report, which annually evaluates the…

Tags: Affordable housing, Report, The Gap

Texas is below average nationwide in required affordability for LIHTC properties. TDHCA is charging to change that.

National issues, State issues•by •Posted November 22, 2019

The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program is the largest source of funding for affordable multifamily property development and…

Tags: Affordable housing, LIHTC, TDHCA

Podcast Episode 13: Where do the 2020 presidential candidates stand on housing?

A Little Louder•by •Posted June 28, 2019

On the season 1 finale of our podcast, A Little Louder, Texas Housers co-director John Henneberger and I review what…

Tags: Affordable housing, Election, Fair housing, Renters

Podcast episode 11: The roundabout way we subsidize affordable housing

A Little Louder•by •Posted May 31, 2019

The Low Income Housing Tax Credit program is helping to produce most of the new affordable housing in our country.…

Tags: Affordable housing, LIHTC, TDHCA

San Antonio’s revised infill policy went into effect today, but some advocates doubt its effectiveness at providing affordable housing

Local issues•by •Posted January 2, 2019

The typical San Antonian might feel unmoved by the phrase “Center City Housing Infill Policy (CCHIP).” With the city providing…

Tags: Affordable housing, CCHIP, city council, San Antonio

The 8 things I’ve learned in my 40+ years in housing and community development

Activities, Local issues, National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted September 7, 2018

I’m often asked to summarize what I have learned in my 40+ years of activism in the field of housing…

Tags: Affordable housing, Fair housing, Housing policy, Housing segregation, John Henneberger

Texas Housers tells state lawmakers that neighborhoods across the state must meet basic standards that keep Texans safe

State issues•by •Posted May 31, 2018

Texas Housers urged state lawmakers this afternoon to ensure that all neighborhoods where Texans make their homes meet the basic…

Tags: Affordable housing, intergovernmental relations, public hearing, Texas Legislature, Texas Senate

Sweeping new fair and affordable housing proposed by three Austin City Council members

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted April 4, 2018

Austin City Council members Garza, Renteria, and Casar have announced a sweeping progressive fair and affordable housing agenda. Here is…

Tags: Affordable housing, Austin, Fair housing

It’s increasingly difficult for low-income people to find an affordable home

National issues, State issues, Studies•by •Posted October 26, 2017

The sharp rise in demand for apartment homes and ever-increasing rents have left very low-income households with  few options for…

Tags: Affordable housing, housing choice voucher, Low income housing, Rental housing, Texas

Saturday rally in Austin to kick off national week of action against federal housing cuts

Uncategorized•by •Posted July 21, 2017

The Trump administration’s proposed 2018 budget cuts for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development would hit Texas hard.…

Tags: Affordable housing, Austin, HUD, NLIHC

State bans another local affordable housing tool with anti-linkage fees legislation

Uncategorized•by •Posted May 24, 2017

Follow housing issues at the Texas Legislature and our full bill tracker here.  Texas’ major cities face a housing affordability crisis…

Tags: Affordable housing, City of Austin, Linkage fees, Texas Legislature

Legislators should be celebrating affordable housing, not fearmongering

State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted May 9, 2017

I testified at a hearing of the Texas House of Representatives Urban Affairs Committee on May 2, speaking against HB 1792 by Rep.…

Tags: Affordable housing, Fair housing, LIHTC, NIMBY, Texas Legislature

State legislators consider ban on city linkage fees for affordable housing

Uncategorized•by •Posted March 29, 2017

As the Texas Legislature swings into high gear, we’ll be covering committee hearings and votes on key bills related to housing.…

Tags: Affordable housing, City of Austin, Linkage fees, Texas Legislature

Stirring call for fair housing in Houston Chronicle editorial

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted August 7, 2016

The Houston Chronicle editorial board wrote a powerful column in support of fair housing in Sunday’s edition. We would not normally quote…

Tags: Affordable housing, Fair housing, Fountainview, Houston, Houston Chronicle

National report reveals massive gap in available affordable housing in Texas

National issues•by •Posted March 25, 2016

The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) has released the 2016 edition of its annual report, “The Gap,” which reveals…

Tags: Affordable housing, NLIHC

After Oregon vote, Texas becomes only state with inclusionary zoning ban

State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted March 18, 2016

And then there was one: The Oregon Senate has approved a housing bill that repeals the state’s ban on inclusionary…

Tags: Affordable housing, Inclusionary zoning

Austin City Council approves homestead preservation districts

Local issues•by •Posted December 18, 2015

The Austin City Council cast a long-awaited vote on December 17, approving the creation of homestead preservations districts in the…

Tags: Affordable housing, Austin, Gentrification, Homestead preservation district

CDC Spotlight: Preserving affordability and diversity in East Austin

Local issues•by •Posted December 7, 2015

Community development corporations (CDCs) are the lifeblood of the low income housing movement, building quality affordable homes and preserving diversity…

Tags: Affordable housing, Austin, CDC, CDC Spotlight, Community development corporations, east austin, Gentrification, Guadalupe

CDC Spotlight: A holistic approach to housing in Brownsville

Uncategorized•by •Posted December 3, 2015

Community development corporations (CDCs) are the lifeblood of the low income housing movement, building quality affordable homes and preserving diversity…

Tags: Affordable housing, Brownsville, CDC, CDC Spotlight, CDCB, Rio Grande Valley

CDC Spotlight: Fending off gentrification one block at a time in Blackland

Local issues•by •Posted November 30, 2015

  Community development corporations (CDCs) are the lifeblood of the low income housing movement, building quality affordable homes and preserving…

Tags: Affordable housing, Austin, Blackland, CDC, CDC Spotlight, Gentrification

Houston Chronicle’s web edition today encapsulates the city’s housing inequality problem

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 8, 2015

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Tags: Affordable housing, Houston

How Houston’s affordability conversation excludes neighborhoods like Sunnyside

Local issues•by •Posted October 7, 2015

I recently had the pleasure of attending an affordable housing summit put on by Zillow, an opportunity for Houston’s housing…

Tags: Affordable housing, Code enforcement, Gentrification, Houston, Sunnyside

Affordable housing opponents use Section 8 as a slur in wealthy Dallas suburb

Local issues•by •Posted October 6, 2015

In recent months, some residents of the Dallas area have made it explicitly clear that “Section 8 housing” is often…

Tags: Affordable housing, Dallas, Fair housing, NIMBYism, Section 8

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