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Tag: Disparate impact
Listen to Texas Housers on KUT radio explaining HUD’s attempted dismantling of the Disparate Impact Rule
As the decision from HUD on keeping the Disparate Impact Rule intact hangs in the balance, Texas Housers has been…
Texas Housers decries HUD’s dismantling of the Disparate Impact Rule with public comments available for all
Last night, Texas Housers submitted public comments opposing HUD’s changes to the Disparate Impact Rule. For more than 40 years,…
10th Street’s struggle for historic neighborhood preservation and inclusive growth
In episode 7 of our podcast, A Little Louder, Texas Housers interviews members of the 10th Street Residential Association who…
Video: Examining how Texas reduced government-funded housing segregation
Did a fair housing suit actually cause the State of Texas to reduce racial segregation? That’s the question our recent…
Report: Did Texas reduce government-funded segregation in tax credit housing?
In 2013, the State of Texas changed its scoring criteria for applications for Low Income Housing Tax Credits, in response to…
Texas Senate committee report addresses key fair housing issues
The Intergovernmental Relations Committee (IGR) is one of the most influential in the Texas Senate, dealing with the administration of…
IRS indicates fair housing issues with Texas political influence on tax credits
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued a bulletin that reprimands a thinly-veiled “Agency” in “State X” for its reliance on local support…
Fair housing case produces lasting changes for Texas and nation
This piece originally ran on Shelterforce Magazine’s Rooflines blog. The Inclusive Communities project has now filed a motion and brief…
Houstonians should be angry about public housing – because of segregation
Note: A version of this post ran in the Gray Matters section of the Houston Chronicle on March 30. Our piece on…
Building a model for fair housing success: Our commitment to community leadership
Above: TxLIHIS and Texas Organizing Project staff and community residents discuss neighborhood issues at a meeting of the Sunnyside Pride…
Texas Senate committee to study disaster preparedness, ramifications of Supreme Court fair housing case
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has issued his third installment of interim charges for state senate committees, the in-depth studies…
2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit Report: How support points limit housing options for low income families
This week Texas Housers will release the 2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit report, an analysis of the state’s competitive process to…
2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit Report: When politicians enable prejudice
This week Texas Housers will release our 2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit Report, an analysis of the state’s competitive process to…
After legal cases, the Dallas area confronts fair housing challenges
In this busy summer for fair housing in America, the Dallas-Fort Worth area has been the national epicenter. From the…
#ZipCodeMatters: HUD issues new and important fair housing regulation
The Obama administration has just announced a much-anticipated regulation designed to make the Fair Housing Act more effective at eliminating…
The real impact of the Supreme Court’s fair housing decision
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision on the much debated case Texas Department of Housing & Community…
HUD Secretary Castro lauds disparate impact ruling, but top Texas officials vow continued fight
Julián Castro, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the former mayor of San Antonio, issued a statement…
U.S. Supreme Court upholds disparate impact in monumental victory for fair housing
Here’s our organization’s official statement on the Supreme Court’s decision: The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling today in Texas…
Legacy of housing segregation felt in McKinney pool incident
On Saturday, the latest in our country’s recent series of ugly police confrontations with African-Americans occurred in a seemingly unlikely place: A community…
Place matters: New research on income mobility for low income families
A landmark new study by The Equality of Opportunity Project, a research collaboration between Harvard University and the University of…
Disparate impact and the racial wealth gap
Researcher Catherine Ruetschlin has identified the biggest potential danger of the fair housing case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court: that America’s…
An important look at the context behind Supreme Court case on Texas housing segregation
This week’s cover story in the Fort Worth Weekly illustrates exactly why the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive…
#KeepHousingFair rally kicks off crucial Supreme Court case
For more on the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. case, see our previous posts.…