Today the City of Dallas signed a Fair Housing conciliation agreement with HUD. Click to access dallas-hud-executed-vca.pdf Major provisions include:…
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A Texas houser’s thoughts on the State of Texas’ appeal of the Dallas fair housing case to the Supreme Court
As a whole, Texas has made some real progress toward equal opportunity and fair housing in the forty-six years since…
Supreme Court agrees to hear State of Texas’ appeal of Inclusive Communities v. State of Texas
The United States Supreme Court agreed today to hear and appeal in Inclusive Communities Project v. Texas Department of Housing…
Austin City Council moves to adopt fair housing “source of income” protection
The Austin City Council today unanimously passed on first reading an amendment to the Austin Fair Housing Ordnance to prohibit landlords from rejecting…
Celebrate the community of Texas housers, Friday Sept. 26 at the Scholz Garten
Thanks for all the congratulations over the past week on the MacArthur Fellowship. Texas has an incredibly dedicated, talented community…
On being named a 2014 MacArthur Fellow
I am deeply honored today to be named a 2014 MacArthur Fellow by the MacArthur Foundation. This recognition comes to me…
Galveston Housing Authority declares firm commitment to Fair Housing as construction begins
A groundbreaking ceremony last Wednesday was the occasion for the leaders of the Galveston Housing Authority (GHA) to proclaim their…
Spend a hour this MLK Day listening to Dr King deliver a 1966 speech in Dallas
“I never intend to adjust myself to segregation or discrimination.” – MLK, speaking at SMU in Dallas, March 17, 1966.…
Dallas Morning News Editorial gets it partly right: Dallas needs to fix its housing policies
The HUD letter of findings of civil rights violations continues to reverberate in Dallas. In a strongly worded editorial today…
Dallas Observer asking the right questions about HUD’s Dallas fair housing findings
In his Dallas Observer blog Jim Schutze asks some intriguing questions about the facts that are not yet fully known about the…
Opponents of public housing in Galveston file lawsuit claiming rebuilding public housing would further segregation
This situation is simply so bizarre it speaks for itself. From today’s Houston Chronicle GALVESTON – Opponents of public housing…
Texas housing tax credit fair housing case oral arguments before 5th Circuit Court include lively questions and answers
Yesterday’s oral arguments in the State of Texas’ appeal of the District Court’s ruling in the Inclusive Communities Project vs. Texas…
Bo’s clips: The news media is reporting fair housing stories for a change
Segregated housing remains in America well into the 21st Century despite Fair Housing Laws. The separation of people of color…
“Its Westchester on steroids”: HUD finds Dallas in non-compliance with fair housing laws, seeks sweeping remedies
“Its Westchester on steroids,” is how one civil rights advocate characterized HUD’s findings against the City of Dallas, referring to…
Invest an hour listening to a great story on Fair Housing
Please listen to a great one hour episode of “This American Life” based on ProPublica’s Nikole Hannah-Jones’ reporting. It is…
New proposed HUD Fair Housing Rule released
Today HUD posted it’s long awaited new rules regarding how local and state governments affirmatively further fair housing. These…
Riddle amendment to TDHCA Sunset bill is ill-conceived and discriminatory
I wrote last week about the ill-conceived amendment the Texas House of Representatives tacked onto the TDHCA Sunset bill. The…
TX House gives each state representative power to choose or veto housing tax credit developments
An eleventh hour amendment to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) Sunset bill by a strong opponent…
Westchester NY county executive agrees to source of income protection under fair housing settlement – ProPublica
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino submitted legislation today to ban discrimination against people who pay their rent with government assistance,…
State halts Galveston funding over failure to build public housing: TX Land Commissioner Patterson explains
By Jerry Patterson The city of Galveston has a choice to make as we try to move forward with plans…
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.”
The words in the headline are President Johnson’s on April 11, 1968 as he signed the Fair Housing Act. They…
Franklin the Fair Housing Fox… seriously?
April is Fair Housing Month, the time of year for cities to pass resolutions that no one reads solemnly proclaiming…
Chrishelle Palay helps Houston’s poor and needy plead their cause
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. – Proverbs 31:9 . Chrishelle Palay…
An important milestone for civil rights: HUD issues final fair housing “disparate impact rule”
Years in the making, HUD yesterday issued the final rule on proving “disparate impact” under the Fair Housing Act. The…
Notice at apartment complex targets young blacks – Houston Chronicle
The Houston Chronicle is reporting on a notice found posted at a southwest Houston apartment complex warning residents to report…
HUD Secretary Donovan discusses fair housing with state housing coalitions
At a meeting this week HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan discussed HUD’s approach to fair housing with leaders of state low-income…
2nd installment of ProPublica Fair Housing investigation details Westchester, NY problems
The second article in a major investigative series titled “Living Apart: Fair Housing in America” about HUD’s enforcement of fair housing…
Living Apart: How the Government Betrayed a Landmark Civil Rights Law – ProPublica
Living Apart: How the Government Betrayed a Landmark Civil Rights Law – ProPublica. Nikole Hannah-Jones of the news service Pro…
HUD Secretary Donovan discusses tension between place-based and mobility in housing
Secretary Donovan provides a thoughtful discussion of HUD’s direction in the tension between place based housing and mobility in the…
Texas LIHTC housing program rocked by second earthquake in two months
Reporter Karisa King’s full Texas housing story is out in the San Antonio Express News. It is a devastating expose…