Podcast Episode 23: The mandate to affirmatively further fair housing
There is no question that the impetus for Congress passing and President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the 1968 Fair HousingContinue Reading
There is no question that the impetus for Congress passing and President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the 1968 Fair HousingContinue Reading
This week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under Secretary Ben Carson abdicated its role as the country’sContinue Reading
Numerous cities and states, including the City of Austin, as well as housing and anti-poverty advocates, filed amicus briefs thisContinue Reading
The National Fair Housing Alliance, Texas Housers and Texas Appleseed filed an amended complaint and a new preliminary injunction motionContinue Reading
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,Continue Reading
Michael Allen on fair housing after 50 years from Texas Housers on Vimeo. The arc of the moral universe isContinue Reading
(Photo above: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act in 1965) In the faceContinue Reading
HUD’s Postponement of the New Fair Housing Rule from Texas Housers on Vimeo. Last week the Trump administration announced thatContinue Reading
Racial housing segregation in Houston is no accident. It is not voluntary on the part of Houstonians of color. It isContinue Reading
HUD and the US Department of Justice have filed a brief against the appeal filed by the Austin Apartment AssociationContinue Reading
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision on the much debated case Texas Department of Housing & CommunityContinue Reading
Julián Castro, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the former mayor of San Antonio, issued a statementContinue Reading
Here’s our organization’s official statement on the Supreme Court’s decision: The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling today in TexasContinue Reading
In a column today in the Austin American-Statesman, our co-director John Henneberger highlights how little the opposition to fair housing inContinue Reading
In a strongly worded editorial the Dallas Morning News has called on the US Supreme Court to reject the StateContinue Reading
For more on the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. case, see our previous posts.Continue Reading
Yesterday, the National Low Income Housing Coalition and the National Fair Housing Alliance launched the #KeepHousingFair campaign. With less thanContinue Reading
As a whole, Texas has made some real progress toward equal opportunity and fair housing in the forty-six years sinceContinue Reading
The United States Supreme Court agreed today to hear and appeal in Inclusive Communities Project v. Texas Department of HousingContinue Reading
A groundbreaking ceremony last Wednesday was the occasion for the leaders of the Galveston Housing Authority (GHA) to proclaim theirContinue Reading
Today HUD posted it’s long awaited new rules regarding how local and state governments affirmatively further fair housing. TheseContinue Reading
The words in the headline are President Johnson’s on April 11, 1968 as he signed the Fair Housing Act. TheyContinue Reading
April is Fair Housing Month, the time of year for cities to pass resolutions that no one reads solemnly proclaimingContinue Reading
Years in the making, HUD yesterday issued the final rule on proving “disparate impact” under the Fair Housing Act. TheContinue Reading
The Houston Chronicle is reporting on a notice found posted at a southwest Houston apartment complex warning residents to reportContinue Reading
The second article in a major investigative series titled “Living Apart: Fair Housing in America” about HUD’s enforcement of fair housingContinue Reading
Living Apart: How the Government Betrayed a Landmark Civil Rights Law – ProPublica. Nikole Hannah-Jones of the news service ProContinue Reading
The Department of Justice today filed a lawsuit against St. Bernard Parish, La., alleging that the parish violated the FairContinue Reading
The Texas House/Senate Conference Committee on SB 1 has reached agreement to extend the life of the Texas Department ofContinue Reading