A broad cross-section of Texans supporting the expansion of state funding for the Texas Housing Trust Fund testified on the…
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Housing Texas, TACDC, others to coordinate push for housing trust fund
Housing Texas, the Texas Association of Community Development Corporations and other affordable housing advocates and providers plan to coordinate visits…
Two Texas Senate bills seek to endow housing trust with $40 million per year
In response to requests by housing advocates who came together two weeks ago to support a dedicated fee bill to…
Texas Senate to hear request for additional housing trust funds
The Texas Senate Finance Committee will consider the budget of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) on…
The president hears a type of story that we hear every day
At his town hall meeting on Tuesday in Fort Myers Florida President Obama was confronted by Ms. Hughes, a woman…
Texas housing community calls of Legislature to provide $40 million per year for the Texas Housing Trust Fund
This week a group of about 100 people concerned with affordable housing for low income families met in Austin to…
Proposed simulus bill fails to address low income housing adequately
The version of the stimulus package being considered by the Senate is a disappointment to those who had hoped that…
Florida Housing Trust Fund raided to balance state budget
The Orlando Sentinel reports that the Florida Legislature raided the Florida Housing Trust Fund to cope with the state’s budget…
National housing advocates urge changes to economic stimulus bill
The National Low Income Housing Coalition is urging changes to the draft economic stimulus bill. Support Needed for National Housing…
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 survivors…
My recommendations for dealing with the low-income homeownership problems in Texas
I was invited to testify today before the Texas Senate Intergovernmental Relations Committee on the status of state programs to…
Texas Senate committee hears strong support for Texas Housing Trust Fund
A chorus of voices spoke up for an increase in the Texas Housing Trust Fund in testimony this week before…
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 double…
National Housing Trust Fund bill passed by Congress!
On Saturday the Senate concurred in House amendments to HR 3221, “The Federal Housing Finance Regulatory Reform Act of 2008”. …
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 an…
Everything is bigger in Texas – except our housing trust fund
Looking over the latest report from Mary Brook’s Housing Trust Fund Project at the Center for Community Change makes me…