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Tag: housing compliance

Update: HUD’s Public Inspection Scores

State issues•by •Posted February 9, 2010

Last week we pointed to HUD’s release of 2009 Physical Inspection Scores for subsidized properties. Eric Dexheimer at the Austin…

Tags: housing compliance, HUD, Substandard apartments

HUD fails 14 percent of Texas subsidized properties inspected in physical inspections

State issues•by •Posted January 25, 2010

Back in 2008 we presented data on physical inspection scores of subsidized housing in Texas.  HUD has updated this dataset…

Tags: housing compliance, HUD, Substandard apartments

Why was the leader of a failed Texas housing nonprofit a major political contributor to Texas officials?

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 2, 2009

Steve Sterquell, the one-time head of the now bankrupt Amarillo, Texas nonprofit affordable housing corporation American Housing Foundation, gave out…

Tags: housing compliance, Housing news, Housing policy

Changes to TX Residential Construction Commission do not fix the problem

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted December 21, 2008

In an earlier posting I applauded the decision of the Texas Sunset Commission staff to recommend the abolition of the…

Tags: Building codes, housing compliance

Analysis of HUD report on low scoring subsidized housing in Texas

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 12, 2008

A total of 107 or 9.4 percent of HUD assisted housing apartment developments in Texas earned a very low score…

Tags: housing compliance, HUD, Substandard apartments

It is time to abolish the ineffective Texas Residential Construction Commission

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted August 22, 2008

The hopelessly flawed Texas Residential Construction Commission (TRCC) has been recommended for abolition by the Texas Sunset Commission staff.  The…

Tags: Building codes, housing compliance

VISTAs make good things happen in housing

Activities, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 17, 2008

We have a new VISTA volunteer at the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service and I am once again reminded…

Tags: housing compliance, Housing policy, Low income housing

The voice of consumers is missing in judging subsidized housing

Local issues, National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 6, 2008

Low income tenants are seldom consulted about the quality of housing that the government builds for them. I have long…

Tags: housing compliance, Housing policy, Low income housing, Substandard housing, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Cleaning house at the state

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 8, 2008

The June 5, 2008 compliance hearing video is 60 minutes. It provides a very useful overview of the issues surrounding…

Tags: housing compliance, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation, TSAHC
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