In a historic victory for communities of color in Houston and the Gulf Coast, the Department of Housing and Urban…
Tag: CDBG
HUD stopping State of Texas’s misuse of federal disaster mitigation funds is not about paperwork or politics, it’s about saying no to discrimination
There’s something important missing from the recent news reports on HUD’s decision to withhold $1.95 billion of federal disaster mitigation…
The distribution of Texas’ disaster recovery funds exemplifies inequity. Here’s how we told the State to fix it.
There is a painful misconception in disaster recovery that is sometimes used as an excuse to maintain the status quo:…
Disaster survivors often faced double the financial toll when rebuilding their homes. A new law now ensures that won’t happen.
Following a natural disaster, a survivor’s road back to normal can be long and difficult. If they are lucky enough…
Community Development Block Grants 101
(Photo from Austin’s Blackland Community Development Corporation Facebook page) The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program is one of the…
SAD FAKE NEWS: OMB Director vows “Nobody’s going to be kicked out of their houses”
A reporter asked President Trump’s Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney a question at a press conference at the…
GOP spending bill targets community development block grants – POLITICO.com
GOP spending bill targets community development grants – David Rogers – POLITICO.com.
Preview of new HUD GIS mapping tool shows promise and potential
You have to hand it to the CPD staff of HUD. They are doing some really interesting and useful things…
A “new sheriff” takes over Texas disaster recovery
(Photo: Texas General Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, from Texas Tribune) Readers will recall Governor Perry passed responsibility for the Hurricane…
Texas colonia self-help centers reauthorized by Texas Legislature
The Texas Legislature acted today to preserve a key program in the state’s efforts to address the substandard living conditions…
I woke last night to the sound of thunder
As other parts of the state literally burn and the Governor calls on Texans to implement a critical part of…
U. S. House FY11 Budget Bill Slashes and Burns Federal Housing Safety Net
This press release from the National Low Income Housing Coalition unfortunately shows the current budgetary carnage is not restricted to…
Texas Prioritizes Sewers and Financial Assistance to For-Profit Businesses over Low Income Housing in CDBG program
The primary objective of this chapter and of the community development program of each grantee under this chapter is the…
Questions, answers, concerns about the new $4 billion foreclosed homes program in Texas
One of the subprograms of greatest controversy within the major housing legislation passed by Congress on Saturday (HR 3221) is…
At least we are better off than Mississippi and Alabama
Watch my testimony before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity of the House Financial Service Committee, or, better yet,…