On Thursday October 16th the Austin City Council will take up the issue of creating the Homestead Preservation District. This…
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LBJ speech recalls struggle to bring low-income housing to Austin
In 1968, at the end of his political career, with barely one month left in his term as president, LBJ…
LBJ’s struggle to get Austin to accept public housing offers lessons for today
Seventy years ago here, in Austin Texas, Lyndon Johnson a young, first-term congressman took up the cause of housing the…
After 25 years one Austin community development corporation is a model of success
The Blackland Community Development Corporation (BCDC) in East Austin is a model of what a successful CDC should be. The…
Texas Housercast: Talking energy saving and green building in low income housing
This week’s Texas housercast is an interview with Walter Moreau, executive director of Austin’s Foundation Communities the state’s largest nonprofit…
Austin housers win funding victory
Austin housers won a major victory Thursday when the Austin City Council reversed city staff recommendations and rejected deep cuts…
Understanding public attitudes toward public housing
Amidst a lot of anger and outrage directed at a proposed development in Northeast Austin proposing to provide transitional housing…
Austin housers voice concerns over proposed city housing cuts
Leaders in Austin’s affordable housing community met July 1 the City of Austin’s new Chief of Staff, Anthony Snipes to…
Part 2: Housing segregation in Austin – a community blind to the problem
Watch my video blog or read the text below. Austin is a city of intense racial and economic segregation. Despite…
Part 1: Housing segregation in Austin – a product of government policy
Watch the slide show of racial and economic housing segregation and the current housing policy decisions of the City of…
Home builders object and Austin backs away from housing visitability requirements
June 18 was not an auspicious day in Austin housing rights history. Shortly before voting to adopt the anemic affordable…
City of Austin’s affordable housing initiative fizzles out
An Austin City Council affordable housing initiative fizzled out early June 19 as the Council voted to adopt a PUD…
City of Austin staff proposes housing cuts of over $6 million
My colleague, Karen Paup stays up to date on all the Austin housing issues and she has pointed out an…
32 years in low income housing in Texas
I started my involvement with low income housing and community development in 1975. As a junior at the University of…