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Tag: Disparate impact

Podcast Episode 31: Housing Segregation, George Floyd, and Honoring True Housers

A Little Louder, National issues, State issues•by •Posted November 6, 2020

For Texas Housers’ latest podcast episode, John and I are experimenting with a new format. We’re discussing what we’re reading,…

Tags: Disparate impact, Fair housing, Texas Houser Awards

Listen to Texas Housers on KUT radio explaining HUD’s attempted dismantling of the Disparate Impact Rule

National issues•by Michael Depland•Posted October 22, 2019

As the decision from HUD on keeping the Disparate Impact Rule intact hangs in the balance, Texas Housers has been…

Tags: Disparate impact, HUD, media

Texas Housers decries HUD’s dismantling of the Disparate Impact Rule with public comments available for all

National issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted October 18, 2019

Last night, Texas Housers submitted public comments opposing HUD’s changes to the Disparate Impact Rule. For more than 40 years,…

Tags: Disparate impact, HUD, public comment

10th Street’s struggle for historic neighborhood preservation and inclusive growth

A Little Louder•by •Posted April 5, 2019

In episode 7 of our podcast, A Little Louder, Texas Housers interviews members of the 10th Street Residential Association who…

Tags: Dallas, Disparate impact, Fair housing, freedman's town

Video: Examining how Texas reduced government-funded housing segregation

National issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted March 9, 2017

Did a fair housing suit actually cause the State of Texas to reduce racial segregation? That’s the question our recent…

Tags: Disparate impact, Fair housing, LIHTC, Tax credits, TDHCA

Report: Did Texas reduce government-funded segregation in tax credit housing?

State issues•by •Posted January 25, 2017

In 2013, the State of Texas changed its scoring criteria for applications for Low Income Housing Tax Credits, in response to…

Tags: Disparate impact, Fair housing, LIHTC, segregation, Tax credits, TDHCA

Texas Senate committee report addresses key fair housing issues

Uncategorized•by •Posted January 23, 2017

The Intergovernmental Relations Committee (IGR) is one of the most influential in the Texas Senate, dealing with the administration of…

Tags: Disparate impact, Fair housing, Homes at the Dome, TDHCA, Texas Legislature

IRS indicates fair housing issues with Texas political influence on tax credits

Uncategorized•by •Posted January 9, 2017

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued a bulletin that reprimands a thinly-veiled “Agency” in “State X” for its reliance on local support…

Tags: AFFH, Disparate impact, Fair housing, LIHTC, Tax credits, TDHCA

Fair housing case produces lasting changes for Texas and nation

Uncategorized•by John Henneberger•Posted September 26, 2016

This piece originally ran on Shelterforce Magazine’s Rooflines blog. The Inclusive Communities project has now filed a motion and brief…

Tags: Disparate impact, Fair housing, ICP, Shelterforce, supreme court

Houstonians should be angry about public housing – because of segregation

Uncategorized•by John Henneberger•Posted February 23, 2016

Note: A version of this post ran in the Gray Matters section of the Houston Chronicle on March 30. Our piece on…

Tags: Disparate impact, Fair housing, HHA, Houston, public housing

Building a model for fair housing success: Our commitment to community leadership

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted January 14, 2016

Above: TxLIHIS and Texas Organizing Project staff and community residents discuss neighborhood issues at a meeting of the Sunnyside Pride…

Tags: ARISE, Community organizing, Disparate impact, Fair housing, LUPE, TOP

Texas Senate committee to study disaster preparedness, ramifications of Supreme Court fair housing case

State issues•by •Posted October 12, 2015

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has issued his third installment of interim charges for state senate committees, the in-depth studies…

Tags: Disaster recovery, Disparate impact, Fair housing, RAPIDO, Texas Legislature

2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit Report: How support points limit housing options for low income families

State issues•by •Posted August 25, 2015

This week Texas Housers will release the 2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit report, an analysis of the state’s competitive process to…

Tags: Charlie, Disparate impact, Fair housing, Housing Tax Credits, LIHTC, Poverty, Staff post, state representatives

2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit Report: When politicians enable prejudice

State issues•by •Posted August 24, 2015

This week Texas Housers will release our 2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit Report, an analysis of the state’s competitive process to…

Tags: Charlie, Disparate impact, Housing Tax Credits, LIHTC, Staff post

After legal cases, the Dallas area confronts fair housing challenges

Local issues•by •Posted August 18, 2015

In this busy summer for fair housing in America, the Dallas-Fort Worth area has been the national epicenter. From the…

Tags: Dallas, Disparate impact, ICP, Low income housing, McKinney, racial segregation

#ZipCodeMatters: HUD issues new and important fair housing regulation

National issues•by •Posted July 8, 2015

The Obama administration has just announced a much-anticipated regulation designed to make the Fair Housing Act more effective at eliminating…

Tags: AFFH, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, Disparate impact, Fair housing, HUD

The real impact of the Supreme Court’s fair housing decision

National issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted July 2, 2015

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision on the much debated case Texas Department of Housing & Community…

Tags: Chrishelle, Disparate impact, Fair housing, Fair Housing Act, Staff blog, Vouchers

HUD Secretary Castro lauds disparate impact ruling, but top Texas officials vow continued fight

National issues•by •Posted June 25, 2015

Julián Castro, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the former mayor of San Antonio, issued a statement…

Tags: Disparate impact, Fair housing, Fair Housing Act, SCOTUS

U.S. Supreme Court upholds disparate impact in monumental victory for fair housing

National issues, State issues•by •Posted June 25, 2015

Here’s our organization’s official statement on the Supreme Court’s decision: The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling today in Texas…

Tags: Disparate impact, Fair housing, Fair Housing Act, inclusive communities, SCOTUS

Legacy of housing segregation felt in McKinney pool incident

National issues•by •Posted June 9, 2015

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…

Tags: Disparate impact, Housing Discrimination, Housing segregation, McKinney, racial segregation

Place matters: New research on income mobility for low income families

Uncategorized•by •Posted May 11, 2015

A landmark new study by The Equality of Opportunity Project, a research collaboration between Harvard University and the University of…

Tags: Disparate impact, Fair housing, Housing vouchers, Income mobility, segregation

Disparate impact and the racial wealth gap

National issues•by •Posted March 16, 2015

Researcher Catherine Ruetschlin has identified the biggest potential danger of the fair housing case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court: that America’s…

Tags: Disparate impact, Fair housing, supreme court

An important look at the context behind Supreme Court case on Texas housing segregation

National issues, State issues•by •Posted March 5, 2015

This week’s cover story in the Fort Worth Weekly illustrates exactly why the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive…

Tags: Disparate impact, Fair housing, Inclusive Communities Project, media, supreme court, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

#KeepHousingFair rally kicks off crucial Supreme Court case

National issues•by •Posted January 21, 2015

For more on the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. case, see our previous posts.…

Tags: #keephousingfair, Dallas, Disparate impact, Fair housing, Fair Housing Act, inclusive communities, supreme court, Texas
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