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Tag: Colonias

Substandard colonias are an enduring result of housing segregation that we can fix

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted January 27, 2020

The challenge of substandard colonias are not unique to the border or even our era, but are actually an age…

Tags: Colonias

Podcast Episode 14: El Sonido del Agua Part I

A Little Louder, Local issues•by •Posted August 19, 2019

Season 2 of our podcast is live, and it starts with a deep dive into a multi-year drainage campaign in…

Tags: A Little Louder, ARISE, Colonias, drainage, LUCHA, LUPE, Rio Grande Valley

Colonia leaders debut advocacy tutorial video to expand access to public street lighting

Local issues•by •Posted May 23, 2019

For more than a decade, colonia leaders, organizers and Texas Housers have been pushing Hidalgo County to target program funds…

Tags: Colonias, Hidalgo County, public lighting

Integration Now: How inclusive communities promote options and opportunity

A Little Louder•by •Posted January 14, 2019

In episode 2, Demetria McCain of the Inclusive Communities Project talks about integration and people's right to choose where to…

Tags: Colonias, Fair housing, Integration, Podcast

Surprise rain brings expected flooding to Hidalgo County. It’s time drainage and county officials commit to solutions.

Local issues•by •Posted July 17, 2018

(Photo shows flooded yard in La Mesa colonia) Many Rio Grande Valley residents woke up with floodwater filling their homes…

Tags: Colonias, drainage, Flooding, Hidalgo County

Texas Housers in South Africa: A global conversation on eviction and displacement

Activities•by •Posted October 6, 2017

Photo: An informal housing settlement on the outskirts of Johannesburg, which looks similar to the informal housing settlements or colonias along…

Tags: Colonias, Displacement, Eviction, South Africa

Fair housing assessment in Rio Grande Valley offers chance for residents to fight segregated conditions

Local issues•by •Posted August 18, 2017

Discrimination is not always obvious in the Rio Grande Valley. But now Hidalgo County residents have a chance to weigh in on…

Tags: AFFH, Colonias, Fair housing, HUD, Rio Grande Valley

Governor’s cut of colonia oversight program will cost state and endanger residents

State issues•by •Posted June 26, 2017

This piece originally ran as a column in The Monitor on June 25. For decades the State of Texas looked the…

Tags: Colonias, Rio Grande Valley, Texas Legislature

One hundred years of poison: Why toxic fish still threaten Rio Grande Valley residents

Local issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted May 17, 2017

This article originally ran on Neta, a bilingual multimedia platform based in the Rio Grande Valley where I am a…

Tags: Colonias, Environmental justice, Rio Grande Valley

Rollback of colonia regulations at issue in two bills on border land sales

State issues, 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: Colonias, Rio Grande Valley

Sign the petition to demand an end to chronic flooding in Hidalgo County colonias

Uncategorized•by •Posted March 21, 2017

I have the privilege of working alongside community members and grassroots leaders with A Resource In Serving Equality (ARISE) and La Unión…

Tags: ARISE, Colonias, drainage, Flooding, LUPE, Rio Grande Valley

At long last, basic public services may be coming to some current and future South Texas colonias

Local issues•by •Posted March 6, 2017

This opinion column originally appeared in the Rio Grande Guardian on March 1, co-authored by IMartha Sanchez of LUPE and Texas…

Tags: Colonias, Hidalgo County, LUPE

Video: Texas Housers board member Dr. Shannon Van Zandt on colonia social vulnerability and disaster recovery

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted March 3, 2017

Our board member Dr. Shannon Van Zandt, a professor and interim head of Texas A&M University’s Landscape Architecture and Urban…

Tags: Colonias, Hurricane Dolly, RAPIDO, Shannon Van Zandt, Texas A&M University

Grassroots leaders train to stop flooding in border colonias

Uncategorized•by •Posted February 23, 2017

The Land Use Colonia Housing Action (LUCHA) initiative has made some big strides in the past year. At Texas Housers…

Tags: Colonias, drainage, LUCHA, Rio Grande Valley

Colonia residents launch drainage campaign in Hidalgo County

Uncategorized•by •Posted January 10, 2017

Colonia leaders organized with La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE) and A Resource In Serving Equality (ARISE), and proudly supported…

Tags: ARISE, Colonias, drainage, Flooding, LUPE, Rio Grande Valley

Video: 10 ways to invest in the forgotten America and rebuild rural communities post-election

Uncategorized•by John Henneberger•Posted November 30, 2016

I gave this speech at the Housing Assistance Council Rural Housing Conference in Washington, D.C. on November 30. Watch the full…

Tags: Colonias, Fair housing, Rural housing, segregation

After first local Zika transmission, state and local officials must act to protect Rio Grande Valley

Local issues•by •Posted November 29, 2016

The first local transmission of the Zika virus in the state of Texas, and just the second in the country,…

Tags: Colonias, drainage, Flooding, Rio Grande Valley, Zika

Lack of drainage in Rio Grande Valley colonias creates breeding ground for Zika virus

Uncategorized•by •Posted September 12, 2016

This piece originally ran as a column in the McAllen newspaper, The Monitor, on September 12, 2016. Pictured above: Lot flooding after a regular…

Tags: Colonias, Rio Grande Valley, Zika

First-ever colonia disaster recovery conference prepares residents for emergencies

Uncategorized•by •Posted August 30, 2016

Natural disasters hit low income households the hardest, especially in the colonias of the Rio Grande Valley. Learning to prepare…

Tags: Colonias, Disaster recovery, RAPIDO, Rio Grande Valley

EPA summit a chance to highlight environmental injustices in colonias

State issues•by •Posted August 22, 2016

Environmental problems predominantly affect low income communities of color, especially in Texas. There is a growing movement of community collaboration,…

Tags: ARISE, Colonias, Environmental justice, EPA

Hands-on training for colonia leaders emphasizes role of government in solving problems

Local issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted July 28, 2016

Cris Rocha, a community organizer with La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE), welcomed the group and Norma Aldape, a LUPE member and…

Tags: ARISE, Colonias, Inequality, LUCHA, LUPE, Rio Grande Valley

Video: Community discussion on history of inequality and injustice in the Rio Grande Valley

Uncategorized•by •Posted July 21, 2016

Inequality is stark in the Rio Grande Valley, but for many, its causes remain hidden. In order to overcome the consequences…

Tags: Colonias, Platica, Rio Grande Valley

A call to confront segregation in colonias: Addressing development and civil rights

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 23, 2016

[The following remarks were delivered on June 22, 2016 at a conference, Southwest Border Colonias: Housing and Sustainable Development in…

Tags: Colonias, Rio Grande Valley

State to hold public hearing on colonia environmental injustice thanks to youth leaders

Local issues•by •Posted June 14, 2016

Youth activists in the Rio Grande Valley have already won increased resources and attention to address the odor nuisance caused…

Tags: ARISE, Colonias, Environmental justice, Rio Grande Valley, South Tower Power

Years of organizing lead to vital stormwater drainage project for Rio Grande Valley colonias

Local issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted May 20, 2016

Inequality is most starkly manifested in the differences between rich and poor neighborhoods. And nowhere is inequality greater than in the…

Tags: ARISE, Colonias, Disaster recovery, drainage, Flooding, LUPE, Rio Grande Valley, Zika

Colonia youth take charge to protect neighbors from contamination

Local issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted May 4, 2016

As discussed in our staff conversation last week, there has been a shameful lack of government oversight around the toxic contamination of…

Tags: ARISE, Colonias, Donna Lake, Environmental justice, Rio Grande Valley

Listen: Shining a light on environmental injustice in the colonias

Local issues•by •Posted April 29, 2016

TxLIHIS staff members work on a wide range of issues across the state. To highlight some of that work, I’ll…

Tags: ARISE, Colonias, Environmental justice, Rio Grande Valley

Street light installation finally begins as colonia residents celebrate victory

Local issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted January 19, 2016

Above: Residents of Colonia Goolie Meadows enjoy the illumination provided by their new street lights. Last week marked another milestone in…

Tags: ARISE, Colonias, LUPE, Rio Grande Valley, street lights

Colonia organizations win groundbreaking street lighting victory in Hidalgo County

Local issues•by •Posted November 18, 2015

On November 10, Hidalgo County Commissioners unanimously approved a plan to begin bringing street lights into the colonias. Our partners at…

Tags: ARISE, Colonias, Hidalgo County, LUPE, Rio Grande Valley, street lights, Texas Legislature

South Texas colonia conditions mean possible repeat of Katrina level disaster

National issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted August 28, 2015

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, the Rio Grande Valley in southeast Texas is exactly the kind of…

Tags: Colonias, Disaster recovery, DRH, Katrina, Rio Grande Valley

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