Episode 18: The Power of Renters
More than one-third of households in Texas are renters, and in Austin, more than half of residents rent their homes.Continue Reading
More than one-third of households in Texas are renters, and in Austin, more than half of residents rent their homes.Continue Reading
The right to fair housing stands out among civil rights laws as the one that has historically received the mostContinue Reading
Austin City Council members Garza, Renteria, and Casar have announced a sweeping progressive fair and affordable housing agenda. Here isContinue Reading
Austin is finally fighting back against the state’s efforts to block a critical anti-discrimination protection. In 2014, the City ofContinue 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
Forty-nine years ago today Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. Today Austin is proclaiming, in a manner thatContinue Reading
Austin’s Tribeza Magazine has named Texas Housers co-director John Henneberger an “Austin City Shaper.” Here is their recognition of John (pictured inContinue Reading
Austin is experiencing a moment of anxiety and introspection unlike any I have seen since I came here 44 yearsContinue Reading
[The following remarks were delivered before the Austin chapter of the American Institute of Architects on June 21, 2016.] IContinue Reading
I live today just outside Clarksville, where three decades ago low income African-American families, aided by a handful of supporters, waged a landmarkContinue Reading
The Austin City Council cast a long-awaited vote on December 17, approving the creation of homestead preservations districts in theContinue Reading
Community development corporations (CDCs) are the lifeblood of the low income housing movement, building quality affordable homes and preserving diversityContinue Reading
Community development corporations (CDCs) are the lifeblood of the low income housing movement, building quality affordable homes and preservingContinue Reading
At the LBJ School of Public Affairs in Austin, 50 years to the day since President Lyndon B. Johnson established theContinue Reading
On September 12, Austin residents and city leaders, including our co-director, John Henneberger, will gather to discuss the future ofContinue Reading
This article was originally published on The Conversation, and is republished here in accordance with their Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivatives license.Continue Reading
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro appeared on The Diane Rehm Show on National Public Radio onContinue Reading
Readers will recall that, at the behest of the Austin Apartment Association, the Texas Legislature passed and Governor Abbott signedContinue Reading
The Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law, directed by our friend (and previousContinue Reading
HUD and the US Department of Justice have filed a brief against the appeal filed by the Austin Apartment AssociationContinue Reading
A year ago, Samantha didn’t know about housing vouchers for veterans. She’d never needed to. “I just had never neededContinue Reading
Update 5/23: The House voted 93-44, with one representative voting ‘present’ vote and 12 absent, to pass SB 267 on third readingContinue Reading
This piece by Heather Way is reprinted with her permission. Way is a clinical professor of law and directs the Entrepreneurship and CommunityContinue Reading
Both chambers of the Texas Legislature are currently considering bills that would ban local governments from enacting source of income protectionContinue Reading
The Austin American-Statesman described Austin Mayor Steve Adler’s State of the City address, which he delivered on Monday, as “somber.” WeContinue Reading
Today TxLIHIS remembers Homer the homeless goose, who died last month just shy of his 27th birthday. Homer gained nationalContinue Reading
In January, our co-director, John Henneberger, wrote in the Austin American-Statesman about the distressing similarities between Austin’s fair housing battles inContinue Reading
On Friday, a federal district judge rejected the Austin Apartment Association’s challenge to source of income protection in Austin. TheContinue Reading
This is part of a series of stories about the experiences of housing voucher holders. For more, read our previousContinue Reading