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Tag: Flooding

Harris County steps into a future of equitable recovery by passing the #HarrisThrives Resolution

Harvey Recovery, Local issues•by •Posted August 29, 2019

Two years ago this week, Hurricane Harvey made landfall over Southeast Texas. The storm’s strength didn’t just punish with its heavy…

Tags: Flooding, Harris County, HarrisThrives, Houston

After years of resident advocacy, Hidalgo County adopts higher standards for drainage and streetlight infrastructure for new model subdivisions

Local issues, State issues•by •Posted October 17, 2018

Colonia residents in Hidalgo County have experienced far too much flooding and darkness, the dangerous symptoms of poorly-planned subdivisions where…

Tags: Flooding, Infrastructure, Lighting, Model Subdivision Rules, Rio Grande Valley

New report details how Houston floodplain ordinance can worsen inequality in face of future floods

Harvey Recovery, Local issues•by •Posted August 30, 2018

On April 3, 2018, the Houston City Council voted to make Chapter 19, the city’s Floodplain Management Ordinance, more stringent.…

Tags: City of Houston, Flooding, Houston, Infrastructure

Tenants at Houston’s flooded, distressed Arbor Court Apartments sue HUD for intentional racial discrimination

Local issues•by •Posted July 19, 2018

(Photo above is of red tag, labeling Arbor Courts as a fire hazard) HUD Secretary Ben Carson declared that conditions…

Tags: Arbor Court, Fair housing, Flooding, Houston, Section 8, Substandard apartments

Surprise rain brings expected flooding to Hidalgo County. It’s time drainage and county officials commit to solutions.

Local issues•by •Posted July 17, 2018

(Photo shows flooded yard in La Mesa colonia) Many Rio Grande Valley residents woke up with floodwater filling their homes…

Tags: Colonias, drainage, Flooding, Hidalgo County

Part 2: In a segregated Houston unequal neighborhoods mean unequal flood protection

Local issues, National issues•by •Posted March 22, 2018

This is the second part of a two-part blog on Texas Housers turning to the courts to direct the U.S.…

Tags: Civil rights, Fair housing, Flooding, Houston, HUD, lawsuit, Title VI

Sign the petition to demand an end to chronic flooding in Hidalgo County colonias

Uncategorized•by •Posted March 21, 2017

I have the privilege of working alongside community members and grassroots leaders with A Resource In Serving Equality (ARISE) and La Unión…

Tags: ARISE, Colonias, drainage, Flooding, LUPE, Rio Grande Valley

Colonia residents launch drainage campaign in Hidalgo County

Uncategorized•by •Posted January 10, 2017

Colonia leaders organized with La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE) and A Resource In Serving Equality (ARISE), and proudly supported…

Tags: ARISE, Colonias, drainage, Flooding, LUPE, Rio Grande Valley

After first local Zika transmission, state and local officials must act to protect Rio Grande Valley

Local issues•by •Posted November 29, 2016

The first local transmission of the Zika virus in the state of Texas, and just the second in the country,…

Tags: Colonias, drainage, Flooding, Rio Grande Valley, Zika

Houston flooding plan fails to provide needed investment or protect civil rights

Uncategorized•by John Henneberger•Posted August 23, 2016

On August 18, 2016, I provided testimony at a public hearing over the City of Houston’s draft Action Plan for Community…

Tags: drainage, Flooding, Houston, Infrastructure

Years of organizing lead to vital stormwater drainage project for Rio Grande Valley colonias

Local issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted May 20, 2016

Inequality is most starkly manifested in the differences between rich and poor neighborhoods. And nowhere is inequality greater than in the…

Tags: ARISE, Colonias, Disaster recovery, drainage, Flooding, LUPE, Rio Grande Valley, Zika

Update: Disaster recovery legislation still has chance to pass in wake of floods

State issues•by •Posted May 26, 2015

Update 5/28: Last night, Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. of Brownsville, the original sponsor of the Disaster Recovery Housing legislation, attached…

Tags: Disaster Recovery Housing, Flooding, Texas Legislature
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