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Tag: Discrimination

Beyond the bathroom bill, transgender Texans face housing discrimination and instability in dangerous political climate

Uncategorized•by •Posted August 14, 2017

This piece was written for Texas Housers by Michael Arria. The Texas Legislature has spent much of this summer’s special…

Tags: Discrimination, Fair housing, LGBTQ, Texas Legislature

Lincoln Property Company, country’s second largest apartment manager, hit with racial discrimination lawsuit

Uncategorized•by John Henneberger•Posted January 24, 2017

The Dallas-based Inclusive Communities Project (ICP) has filed suit in federal district court against one of Texas’ largest property management…

Tags: Discrimination, Fair housing, ICP

Many present-day “Show Me a Hero” dynamics can be found in Texas

State issues•by •Posted September 8, 2015

The HBO miniseries Show Me a Hero is over. The show concluded last week, wrapping up its immersive, deeply felt…

Tags: Discrimination, Housing segregation, Housing Tax Credits, Show Me A Hero, source of income

Five things the City of Austin can do to reduce landlord discrimination against housing voucher holders

Local issues•by Karen Paup•Posted August 14, 2015

Readers will recall that, at the behest of the Austin Apartment Association, the Texas Legislature passed and Governor Abbott signed…

Tags: Austin, Discrimination, racial segregation, source of income

Video: Austin veteran’s experience with homelessness shows the need for strong housing voucher protections

Local issues, State issues•by •Posted June 12, 2015

A year ago, Samantha didn’t know about housing vouchers for veterans. She’d never needed to. “I just had never needed…

Tags: Austin, Discrimination, Fair housing, source of income, veterans

Texas source of income protection ban headed to governor’s desk

State issues•by •Posted May 28, 2015

On Thursday afternoon, the Texas Senate voted 19-12 to concur with the House of Representatives’ version of SB 267, the…

Tags: Discrimination, source of income, Texas Legislature

Does source of income protection work?

Local issues•by •Posted May 5, 2015

Both chambers of the Texas Legislature are currently considering bills that would ban local governments from enacting source of income protection…

Tags: Austin, Discrimination, source of income

A battle with homelessness and source of income discrimination in Dallas

State issues•by •Posted April 22, 2015

“Oh no, we don’t want any voucher people in here.” Denise Kavanaugh heard variations of that statement again and again…

Tags: Dallas, Discrimination, 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 new fair housing fight is a flashback to the Civil Rights era

Local issues, State issues•by •Posted January 27, 2015

In a column today in the Austin American-Statesman, our co-director John Henneberger highlights how little the opposition to fair housing in…

Tags: Austin American-Statesman, Austin Apartment Association, Discrimination, Fair housing, Fair Housing Act, source of income, source of income protection
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