This morning a federal court ruled in a case filed by a Dallas fair housing organization that the way the State…
Tag: Fair housing
The ‘Whitest town in North Texas’ fights to keep it that way
This might just be the ideal place to film a remake of “Birth Of A Nation,” D.W. Griffith’s silent film…
HUD rejects City of Houston fair housing effort
HUD has rejected the City of Houston’s fair housing plan known as the Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing (AI).…
Department of Justice sues local government for multifamily housing ban
The Department of Justice today filed a lawsuit against St. Bernard Parish, La., alleging that the parish violated the Fair…
When the overwhelming majority of good people don’t confront prejudice, an entire community suffers
I received a phone call yesterday from Galveston Mayor Joe Jaworski about my June 25 blog post, “The racism of New Berlin…
HUD withholds county’s federal funds over fair housing plan
The National Low Income Housing Coalition is reporting that HUD has rejected Westchester County, NY‘s certification that it is affirmatively…
What kind of city do we want Austin to be? | Paup in Austin American-Statesman
From the Austin American-Statesman, Sunday, July 17, 2011 Now that he’s been told to make way for redevelopment efforts on…
HUD pointedly directs Galveston to rebuild its public housing
In an unusual joint letter to Galveston Mayor Joe Jaworski, three top HUD leaders told Galveston to move forward to rebuild…
Effect of Elected Official Letters on the 2011 LIHTC Round
Abstract: Letters written by Texas State Representatives and Senators regarding the development of low income housing in the state had…
Conference committee strikes anti-NIMBY provisions from TDHCA legislation, continues agency 2 years
The Texas House/Senate Conference Committee on SB 1 has reached agreement to extend the life of the Texas Department of…
The racism of New Berlin is growing in Galveston
We noted yesterday the United States Department of Justice brought suit alleging the City of New Berlin, Wisconsin had violated the…
Feds Sue Wisconsin town for NIMBY Opposition to LIHTC Development
Its been a busy week at the Justice Department on the fair housing front. After yesterday’s legal action petitioning to…
State Rep Riddle says she wants no low-income housing in her district
To appreciate the fair housing problem in Texas just watch this video. Back in February, at a hearing on the…
HUD Approves Phase I of Texas Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing
One of the conditions of the TxLIHIS – Texas Appleseed – State of Texas Fair Housing settlement on hurricane recovery…
John Henneberger Testimony at Urban Affairs on TDHCA Sunset
TxLIHIS co-director John Henneberger testified last week at the Texas House Urban Affairs Hearing on TDHCA’s Sunset process. His testimony,…
Increasing Minimum Entry Door Width in Manufactured Housing
TxLIHIS recently submitted Comments to the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC), a federal advisory committee to HUD on the regulation…
NYT: Time Runs Out for St. Bernard Parish
This morning’s New York Times has an Op-Ed about HUD’s proposed action regarding housing discrimination by the government of St.…
Reasonable Accommodation Enforcement Action in the News
This blog post is by Elizabeth Nowrouz. According to the Justice Department, a $1.2 million agreement has been reached in…
Introduction to an “Analysis of Impediments”
One of the conditions of the TxLIHIS – Texas Appleseed – State of Texas Fair Housing settlement on hurricane recovery…
Statement on our Fair Housing settlement with the State of Texas
HUD ACCEPTS $1.7 BILLION REVISED DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN PRIORITIZING REBUILDING HOMES OF SURVIVORS An historic agreement between affordable housing advocates,…
The TxLIHIS / TX Appleseed / State of Texas fair housing settlement agreement
The settlement agreement can be viewed as a PDF document on the HUD website: http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2010/HUDNo.10-106/conciliationagreement.pdf
HUD announces approval of TxLIHIS – Texas Appleseed – State of Texas Fair Housing settlement on hurricane recovery
HUD has issued an announcement of their approval of of the settlement agreement to the TxLIHIS/Texas Appleseed fair housing complaint…
HUD OIG subpoenas three Texas lenders
The HUD Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued subpoenas to 15 companies on Tuesday, including three Texas lenders. The…
Landmark housing desegregation lawsuit settled — Texas cities next?
A Westchester County suit in federal court, charging local governments failed to “affirmatively further fair housing” has been settled on…
Black children pay a high price for living in poverty neighborhoods
In the United States, living in a poor neighborhood often means living in an environment that is unhealthy and violent, and…
How Ike and future hurricanes impact Black households disproportionately
African-American households reside in areas most vulnerable to hurricanes in the greater Galveston Bay area. Census tracts in which 60%…
Texas legislature rejects adoption of federal fair housing law
The 1968 Fair Housing Act requires that HUD and other federal agencies, as well as their grantees further fair housing.…
Nonprofit FHA downpayment assistance scheme nets 19% Texas defaults
I’m sorry if this makes me sound like an affordable housing hertic but this bothers me. NPR reports there are…