Texas Housers asks CFPB to strike unjust rule shielding banks from public scrutiny
In July of 2020, Texas Housers posted on our blog about the lawsuit we filed alongside cities and fair housingContinue Reading
Tag: Fair housing
Podcast Episode 31: Housing Segregation, George Floyd, and Honoring True Housers
For Texas Housers’ latest podcast episode, John and I are experimenting with a new format. We’re discussing what we’re reading,Continue Reading
LGBTQ Texans now have workplace protections thanks to SCOTUS. They deserve Fair Housing protections too.
This week, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in a landmark case that an individual could not beContinue Reading
Texas Housers comments on Houston’s Analysis of Impediments outline the necessary action behind the city’s talk
On April 16, Texas Housers submitted comments alongside Texas Appleseed on Houston’s Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice. EveryContinue Reading
Podcast episode 25: A Voice for San Antonio Renters
Nearly half of the city of San Antonio’s residents are renters, and the cost of renting an apartment in theContinue Reading
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
Texas Housers opposes HUD’s further retreat from promoting and enforcing fair housing
This week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under Secretary Ben Carson abdicated its role as the country’sContinue Reading
Episode 19: Disaster recovery is leaving out renters
When a disaster hits, flooding and fires might not discriminate, but the systems and funding intended to rebuild our communitiesContinue Reading
Lawsuit by four Texas renters says State of Texas, HUD discriminate on race in Hurricane Harvey aid
Four South Texas renters filed a civil rights lawsuit last week in federal court alleging HUD and the State ofContinue Reading
Episode 18: The Power of Renters
More than one-third of households in Texas are renters, and in Austin, more than half of residents rent their homes.Continue Reading
Podcast Episode 16: The House of Cards America Built
When the U.S. government designed postwar housing policy and subsidized massive developments and suburbs, it created a strong middle classContinue Reading
The city of Houston says it wants to end impediments to Fair Housing using the Four Rights. It should lead by example.
Fair housing was signed into law to root out segregation and individual acts of discrimination. But it means so muchContinue Reading
Podcast Episode 13: Where do the 2020 presidential candidates stand on housing?
On the season 1 finale of our podcast, A Little Louder, Texas Housers co-director John Henneberger and I review whatContinue Reading
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 whoContinue Reading
East Lubbock residents will become citizen scientists in their fight for equal air
In episode five of our podcast, A Little Louder, we discuss a proposed military base tenant bill of rights andContinue Reading
Housing policy that supports everyone’s chance to thrive can change a family’s life trajectory
In episode 4 of A Little Louder, we talk about how housing mobility and the policies that support true housingContinue Reading
How to avoid disaster recovery Groundhog Day
There is no question that natural disasters will hit Texas again. We hope Mother Nature will keep the peace, butContinue Reading
Integration Now: How inclusive communities promote options and opportunity
In episode 2, Demetria McCain of the Inclusive Communities Project talks about integration and people’s right to choose where to live. John and Christina discuss how private equity is changing homeownership and the real crisis at the border.
The 8 things I’ve learned in my 40+ years in housing and community development
I’m often asked to summarize what I have learned in my 40+ years of activism in the field of housingContinue Reading
Tenants at Houston’s flooded, distressed Arbor Court Apartments sue HUD for intentional racial discrimination
(Photo above is of red tag, labeling Arbor Courts as a fire hazard) HUD Secretary Ben Carson declared that conditionsContinue Reading
Secretary Carson asks anybody to offer examples of housing discrimination HUD has ignored and pledges to be on it “like white on rice.” Here you go Mr. Secretary
HUD Secretary Ben Carson assured members of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee three weeks ago that he and HUDContinue Reading
Texas Housers and advocacy partners receive support in lawsuit against HUD over failure to enforce fair housing law
Numerous cities and states, including the City of Austin, as well as housing and anti-poverty advocates, filed amicus briefs thisContinue Reading
Civil rights groups amend lawsuit to challenge HUD’s latest attempt to erode fair housing progress
The National Fair Housing Alliance, Texas Housers and Texas Appleseed filed an amended complaint and a new preliminary injunction motionContinue Reading
Who has the right to live here? Austin’s fifty year fight over fair housing
The right to fair housing stands out among civil rights laws as the one that has historically received the mostContinue Reading
HUD is strangling fair housing progress. Advocates must march on toward just and inclusive communities.
Michael Allen on fair housing after 50 years from Texas Housers on Vimeo. The arc of the moral universe isContinue Reading
Sweeping new fair and affordable housing proposed by three Austin City Council members
Austin City Council members Garza, Renteria, and Casar have announced a sweeping progressive fair and affordable housing agenda. Here isContinue Reading
Part 2: In a segregated Houston unequal neighborhoods mean unequal flood protection
This is the second part of a two-part blog on Texas Housers turning to the courts to direct the U.S.Continue Reading
HUD must not abandon its duty to fight housing discrimination
(Photo above: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act in 1965) In the faceContinue Reading
A friendly city where the problems of race and equity go unacknowledged and unresolved
Lubbock proudly bills itself as “The Friendliest City in America.” The people of Lubbock are indeed friendly. Yet, like mostContinue Reading
Texas Housers, Inclusive Communities Project talk to Lubbock community about fair housing and neighborhood inequality
The consequences of Jim Crow segregation common across the South still linger in Lubbock, where neighborhoods remain segregated and faceContinue Reading