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Tag: Fair Housing Act

Podcast Episode 34: President Biden’s Executive Orders On Housing

A Little Louder, National issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted January 29, 2021

It’s a new year and a new administration has moved into the White House. On the first day of the…

Tags: A Little Louder, AFFH, Fair Housing Act, HUD

Podcast Episode 23: The mandate to affirmatively further fair housing

A Little Louder, National issues•by •Posted January 24, 2020

There is no question that the impetus for Congress passing and President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the 1968 Fair Housing…

Tags: AFFH, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, Civil rights, Fair housing, Fair Housing Act, Inclusive Communities Project, Podcast

Texas Housers opposes HUD’s further retreat from promoting and enforcing fair housing

National issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted January 9, 2020

This week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under Secretary Ben Carson abdicated its role as the country’s…

Tags: AFFH, Fair housing, Fair Housing Act, HUD

Texas Housers and advocacy partners receive support in lawsuit against HUD over failure to enforce fair housing law

Local issues, National issues•by •Posted June 8, 2018

Numerous cities and states, including the City of Austin, as well as housing and anti-poverty advocates, filed amicus briefs this…

Tags: AFFH, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, ben carson, Fair housing, Fair Housing Act, HUD, lawsuit, national fair housing alliance

Civil rights groups amend lawsuit to challenge HUD’s latest attempt to erode fair housing progress

National issues•by •Posted May 30, 2018

The National Fair Housing Alliance, Texas Housers and Texas Appleseed filed an amended complaint and a new preliminary injunction motion…

Tags: Fair housing, Fair Housing Act, HUD, lawsuit

Press release: Civil rights groups sue HUD over suspended implementation of Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule

National issues, State issues•by •Posted May 8, 2018

Media Contacts: Kelli Johnson, Texas Appleseed, (512) 473-2800 x103, kjohnson@texasappleseed.net Christina Rosales, Texas Housers, (512) 477-8910, christina@texashousing.org Jessica Aiwuyor, NFHA,…

Tags: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, Fair Housing Act, lawsuit, press release

HUD is strangling fair housing progress. Advocates must march on toward just and inclusive communities.

National issues•by •Posted April 4, 2018

Michael Allen on fair housing after 50 years from Texas Housers on Vimeo. The arc of the moral universe is…

Tags: Fair housing, Fair Housing Act, HUD

HUD must not abandon its duty to fight housing discrimination

National issues•by •Posted March 9, 2018

(Photo above: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act in 1965) In the face…

Tags: Fair housing, Fair Housing Act, Housing Discrimination, HUD

Jurisdictions must uphold fair housing obligations, despite delay of key 2015 HUD rule

National issues•by •Posted January 9, 2018

HUD’s Postponement of the New Fair Housing Rule from Texas Housers on Vimeo. Last week the Trump administration announced that…

Tags: AFFH, Fair Housing Act, HUD

Sweeping federal investigation finds City of Houston’s housing segregation violates Civil Rights Act

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted January 18, 2017

Racial housing segregation in Houston is no accident. It is not voluntary on the part of Houstonians of color. It is…

Tags: Civil rights, Fair Housing Act, Houston, HUD, segregation

US Department of Justice and HUD file brief in support of Austin’s Fair Housing Ordinance

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 20, 2015

HUD and the US Department of Justice have filed a brief against the appeal filed by the Austin Apartment Association…

Tags: Austin, Austin Apartment Association, City of Austin, Fair housing, Fair Housing Act, Housing Discrimination

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

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

Dallas Morning News editorial: High court must not perpetuate segregation

Local issues, National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted January 21, 2015

In a strongly worded editorial the Dallas Morning News has called on the US Supreme Court to reject the State…

Tags: Dallas, Fair Housing Act, Inclusive Communities Project, 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

Perry’s comment shows the importance of the #KeepHousingFair campaign

National issues, State issues•by •Posted January 16, 2015

Yesterday, the National Low Income Housing Coalition and the National Fair Housing Alliance launched the #KeepHousingFair campaign. With less than…

Tags: #keephousingfair, Fair housing, Fair Housing Act, Governor Rick Perry, inclusive communities, Rick Perry, supreme court, Texas Legislature

A Texas houser’s thoughts on the State of Texas’ appeal of the Dallas fair housing case to the Supreme Court

Local issues, National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 5, 2014

As a whole, Texas has made some real progress toward equal opportunity and fair housing in the forty-six years since…

Tags: Fair housing, Fair Housing Act, Inclusive Communities Project, State of Texas v. Inclusive Communities Project, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Supreme Court agrees to hear State of Texas’ appeal of Inclusive Communities v. State of Texas

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 2, 2014

The United States Supreme Court agreed today to hear and appeal in Inclusive Communities Project v. Texas Department of Housing…

Tags: Fair Housing Act, Inclusive Communities Project, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Galveston Housing Authority declares firm commitment to Fair Housing as construction begins

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted September 13, 2014

A groundbreaking ceremony last Wednesday was the occasion for the leaders of the Galveston Housing Authority (GHA) to proclaim their…

Tags: Fair housing, Fair Housing Act, Galveston, Galveston Housing Authority

New proposed HUD Fair Housing Rule released

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 18, 2013

  Today HUD posted it’s long awaited new rules regarding how local and state governments affirmatively further fair housing. These…

Tags: Fair housing, Fair Housing Act, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

Fair Housing Act is 45 years old today. LBJ: “We have come some of the way, not near all of it. There is much yet to do.”

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted April 11, 2013

The words in the headline are President Johnson’s on April 11, 1968 as he signed the Fair Housing Act. They…

Tags: Fair housing, Fair Housing Act, Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King

Franklin the Fair Housing Fox… seriously?

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted April 7, 2013

April is Fair Housing Month, the time of year for cities to pass resolutions that no one reads solemnly proclaiming…

Tags: Fair housing, Fair Housing Act, Franklin the Fair Housing Fox, HUD

An important milestone for civil rights: HUD issues final fair housing “disparate impact rule”

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted February 9, 2013

Years in the making, HUD yesterday issued the final rule on proving “disparate impact” under the Fair Housing Act. The…

Tags: Fair Housing Act, HUD, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

Notice at apartment complex targets young blacks – Houston Chronicle

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 21, 2012

The Houston Chronicle is reporting on a notice found posted at a southwest Houston apartment complex warning residents to report…

Tags: Fair housing, Fair Housing Act, Housing Discrimination, Houston

2nd installment of ProPublica Fair Housing investigation details Westchester, NY problems

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 5, 2012

The second article in a major investigative series titled “Living Apart: Fair Housing in America” about HUD’s enforcement of fair housing…

Tags: Fair housing, Fair Housing Act, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

Living Apart: How the Government Betrayed a Landmark Civil Rights Law – ProPublica

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 29, 2012

Living Apart: How the Government Betrayed a Landmark Civil Rights Law – ProPublica. Nikole Hannah-Jones of the news service Pro…

Tags: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, Fair Housing Act, HUD, ProPublica, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

Department of Justice sues local government for multifamily housing ban

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted February 1, 2012

The Department of Justice today filed a lawsuit against St. Bernard Parish, La., alleging that the parish violated the Fair…

Tags: Fair housing, Fair Housing Act, Justice Department, St. Bernard Parish Louisiana

Conference committee strikes anti-NIMBY provisions from TDHCA legislation, continues agency 2 years

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 27, 2011

The Texas House/Senate Conference Committee on SB 1 has reached agreement to extend the life of the Texas Department of…

Tags: Fair housing, Fair Housing Act, Housing Discrimination, Sunset Advisory Commission, TDHCA, TDHCA Sunset, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
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