Housing resources Archives

Aunt Bertha points people to help

A colleague just pointed out an interesting new website designed to refer people needing help in a range of areas,…

I’m not given to promoting commercial products on this blog, but I’m going to make an exception for the new…

NLIHC’s annual report, Out of Reach 2011, a side-by-side comparison of wages and rents in every county, metropolitan area, combined…

Only by retiring at 75 years old would a majority of Americans in the lowest income quartile — defined as…

I blogged last week about the need for housing programs to recognize the housing needs of families well below 30…

I have made myself an annoyance to many in the for-profit housing development industry by my constant insistence that housing…

TxLIHIS is ringing in the New Year with a long list of resolutions – from ensuring that low-income hurricane survivors…

One of the things that frustrates me the most is that I get a dozen or so emails each week…

Let’s take a step back and focus on the big picture of housing assistance using this chart I have prepared…

Speaking before the annual Texas Housing Conference Monday, Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst pledged that the Texas Legislature would double…

One of the subprograms of greatest controversy within the major housing legislation passed by Congress on Saturday (HR 3221) is…

Austin housers won a major victory Thursday when the Austin City Council reversed city staff recommendations and rejected deep cuts…

Amidst a lot of anger and outrage directed at a proposed development in Northeast Austin proposing to provide transitional housing…

On July 8 the Wall Street Journal editorial page let loose on the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund in an…

Leaders in Austin’s affordable housing community met July 1 the City of Austin’s new Chief of Staff, Anthony Snipes to…