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,Continue Reading
Tag: Housing resources
Great new research tool: ESRI’s Community Analyst mapping site
I’m not given to promoting commercial products on this blog, but I’m going to make an exception for the newContinue Reading
NLIHC: Out of Reach 2011 report updated
NLIHC’s annual report, Out of Reach 2011, a side-by-side comparison of wages and rents in every county, metropolitan area, combinedContinue Reading
Low-income Americans will need to work into their eighties
Only by retiring at 75 years old would a majority of Americans in the lowest income quartile — defined asContinue Reading
Government housing programs can and do help the poorest families in Texas
I blogged last week about the need for housing programs to recognize the housing needs of families well below 30Continue Reading
The case for a new category of housing need — below poverty income
I have made myself an annoyance to many in the for-profit housing development industry by my constant insistence that housingContinue Reading
Let’s resolve to win a serious housing trust fund for Texas
TxLIHIS is ringing in the New Year with a long list of resolutions – from ensuring that low-income hurricane survivorsContinue Reading
Please read this woman’s story and tell me how to address her housing problem
One of the things that frustrates me the most is that I get a dozen or so emails each weekContinue Reading
Focusing on the big picture of housing assistance
Let’s take a step back and focus on the big picture of housing assistance using this chart I have preparedContinue Reading
Lt. Governor Dewhurst pledges to “double or triple” Texas Housing Trust Fund
Speaking before the annual Texas Housing Conference Monday, Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst pledged that the Texas Legislature would doubleContinue Reading
Questions, answers, concerns about the new $4 billion foreclosed homes program in Texas
One of the subprograms of greatest controversy within the major housing legislation passed by Congress on Saturday (HR 3221) isContinue Reading
Austin housers win funding victory
Austin housers won a major victory Thursday when the Austin City Council reversed city staff recommendations and rejected deep cutsContinue Reading
Understanding public attitudes toward public housing
Amidst a lot of anger and outrage directed at a proposed development in Northeast Austin proposing to provide transitional housingContinue Reading
Just how crazy can the WSJ editorial page be? Check out the attack on the housing trust fund.
On July 8 the Wall Street Journal editorial page let loose on the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund in anContinue Reading
Austin housers voice concerns over proposed city housing cuts
Leaders in Austin’s affordable housing community met July 1 the City of Austin’s new Chief of Staff, Anthony Snipes toContinue Reading