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Tag: Austin

Austin veteran no longer homeless with the help of a housing voucher

Local issues•by •Posted February 12, 2015

This is part of a series of stories about the experiences of housing voucher holders. For more, read our previous…

Tags: Affordable housing, Austin, Fair housing, Section 8, source of income, VASH, veterans

No surprise: National gentrification report lists Austin near the top

Local issues, National issues•by •Posted February 11, 2015

A new study backs up what Austinites already know to be true: Austin is one of most gentrifying cities in…

Tags: Austin, Census, east austin, Gentrification

Evita Cruz: Source of income discrimination leaves families vulnerable

Local issues, State issues•by •Posted February 4, 2015

This is part of a series about tenants who have faced discrimination because of their source of income. Watch Evita…

Tags: Austin, Austin Apartment Association, Austin City Council, evita cruz, Fair housing, Section 8, source of income

Austin Tenants’ Council study illuminates source of income discrimination

Local issues•by •Posted January 29, 2015

Austin’s new ordinance protecting renters from discrimination based on their source of income faces dual challenges, a lawsuit from the Austin…

Tags: Austin, Austin Apartment Association, Austin City Council, Austin Tenants' Council, Discrimination, Fair housing, housing authority, housing choice voucher, housing voucher, Section 8, source of income

Austin’s poisonous legacy of housing segregation exposed

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted January 18, 2015

In an exceptional three-part print and video journalism series titled “Inheriting Inequality,” Austin American-Statement economics reporter Dan Zehr explores how as Austin…

Tags: Austin, Fair housing, Housing Discrimination

Austin housing bonds won record support in both rich and poor parts of town

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 10, 2013

Austin’s affordable housing advocates are still celebrating the approval of a general obligation bond issue by the voters providing $65…

Tags: Austin, Housing bonds

Austin voters easily approve $65M in general obligation affordable housing bonds

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 5, 2013

The second time was a charm. Austin voters today resoundingly passed a $65 million general obligation bond issue to fund…

Tags: Austin, Housing bonds

Tomorrow is Austin’s big election on housing bonds

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 4, 2013

Tuesday, November 5 Austin voters will decide the fate of $65 million in City-issued affordable housing bonds. Austin voters very…

Tags: Affordable housing, Austin, Housing bonds, Keep Austin Affordable

Austin’s KUT on Affordable Housing

Local issues•by •Posted May 31, 2013

Last week, Austin’s NPR-affliate KUT News explored the nuts and bolts of Austin affordable housing in a four-part series –…

Tags: Affordable housing, Austin, KUT

Homer the homeless goose and Blackland neighborhood – an oral history tribute

Activities, Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted March 31, 2013

Happy 25th birthday Homer! via Ball: Homer the homeless goose celebrates 25th birthday,… | www.statesman.com. In honor of Homer we…

Tags: Austin, Blackland, Blackland Neighborhood Development Corporation, Home the Homeless Goose, Homeless, Homelessness, Homer, John Henneberger, Joshua Knobe, Karen Paup, Katherine Poole, LORI RENTERIA, S.S. Homer, Street People’s Advisory Committee, University of Texas at Austin, Veon McReynolds

The Blogosphere Discusses Segregation in Austin

Local issues•by •Posted March 14, 2013

Over the last two months, there’s been an uptick in folks visiting the Texas Housers website after searching on terms…

Tags: Austin, Housing segregation

Bo’s News Clips: Austin Density Bonus Dispute

News Clips•by •Posted February 26, 2013

Key indicators from the housing area suggest that the economy is improving for the average American: almost two million Americans…

Tags: Austin, Density bonus, Housing news, Inclusionary housing

New Report on Inclusionary Housing & Fees-in-Lieu

News Clips•by •Posted February 22, 2013

The Center for Housing Policy released a report this week on the status of inclusionary housing policies after the housing…

Tags: Austin, Center for Housing Policy, Density bonus, Inclusionary housing

Map shows precinct results for Austin housing bond defeat

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 11, 2012

Last Tuesday the $78 million Austin housing bond proposition was narrowly rejected by the voters by a margin of 51.4%.…

Tags: Austin, Housing bonds

$78M Austin housing bond issue narrowly defeated; Houston passes $15M in housing bonds

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 8, 2012

The $78 million housing bond proposal by the City of Austin was narrowly rejected by voters Tuesday. The vote was 114,330…

Tags: Austin, Housing bonds

Housing bonds before Austin voters today

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 6, 2012

Here is a background story from the Austin American-Statesman. From the City of Austin’s website: Ballot Language: The issuance of…

Tags: Austin, Housing bonds

HUD’s Ron Sims discusses something Austin officials will not — homeownership and race

Local issues, National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 21, 2011

For a  years I worked with State Representative Eddie Rodriguez (Austin) to help him devise a way to let lower-income…

Tags: Austin, homeownership, Housing policy, HUD, Ron Sims

Austin case study: Postdisaster housing policy and low-income survivors

Local issues, National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 19, 2011

Several very smart people from the University of Texas and myself just had a paper published in the Journal of…

Tags: Austin, Housing policy, Hurricane Katrina

What kind of city do we want Austin to be? | Paup in Austin American-Statesman

Local issues•by •Posted July 18, 2011

From the Austin American-Statesman, Sunday, July 17, 2011 Now that he’s been told to make way for redevelopment efforts on…

Tags: Austin, Fair housing, Gentrification, Tenant rights

Report: Texas Efficiency Rent 90% of SSI Payments

State issues•by •Posted June 21, 2011

“Priced Out,” a new report by the Technical Assistance Collaborative (TAC) and the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) shows…

Tags: Austin, Report, SLHIP, SSI, TDHCA, Texas

Governor Vetos Tenants Rights Bill, Austin Homestead Preservation District Bill

State issues•by •Posted June 17, 2011

In addition to the TDHCA sunset bill, Perry also vetoed two three other housing related bills: HB 1429 (Deshotel; Carona)…

Tags: Austin, Homestead preservation district, Tenant rights, Vetoes

The state of Black-White Segregation in Texas

State issues•by •Posted January 17, 2011

Last month the Brookings Institution released a set of segregation measures about the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the United…

Tags: American Community Survey, Austin, Census, Housing segregation, Houston

Margaret Shaw removed as Austin housing director

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 3, 2010

Margaret Shaw has been removed as director of the City of Austin’s housing department by Austin City Manager  Marc Ott.…

Tags: Austin

City of Austin runs online survey on housing need

Local issues•by •Posted January 7, 2010

The City of Austin is seeking public input to help focus its affordable housing finance programs, including the use of…

Tags: Austin, GO Bonds

The Federal Reserve presents a tale of two Texas poverty neighborhoods

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 8, 2008

The Community Affairs Offices of the Federal Reserve System and the Brookings Institution have issued a report, “The Enduring Challenge…

Tags: Austin, El Paso, Housing segregation, Texas housing studies

City Council to vote (finally) on East Austin Homestead Preservation District

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 14, 2008

On Thursday October 16th the Austin City Council will take up the issue of creating the Homestead Preservation District.  This…

Tags: Austin, Homestead preservation district

LBJ speech recalls struggle to bring low-income housing to Austin

Local issues, National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 5, 2008

In 1968, at the end of his political career, with barely one month left in his term as president, LBJ…

Tags: Austin, Housing policy, Public housing authorities

LBJ’s struggle to get Austin to accept public housing offers lessons for today

Local issues, National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 4, 2008

Seventy years ago here, in Austin Texas, Lyndon Johnson a young, first-term congressman took up the cause of housing the…

Tags: Austin, Housing policy, Public housing authorities

After 25 years one Austin community development corporation is a model of success

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted August 18, 2008

The Blackland Community Development Corporation (BCDC) in East Austin is a model of what a successful CDC should be.  The…

Tags: Austin, Community development corporations

Texas Housercast: Talking energy saving and green building in low income housing

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted August 2, 2008

This week’s Texas housercast is an interview with Walter Moreau, executive director of Austin’s Foundation Communities the state’s largest nonprofit…

Tags: Austin, Energy efficiency, Green building, Housing policy, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

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