On April 16, Texas Housers submitted comments alongside Texas Appleseed on Houston’s Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice. EveryContinue Reading
The news cycle under COVID-19 has operated at a breakneck pace. For many, it’s been difficult to track what theContinue Reading
In the 1950s and 60s, when highways like I-10 and U.S. 59 were initially constructed through Houston neighborhoods, residents couldContinue Reading
“Our community has always survived without, so this isn’t necessarily new, but during a state of emergency, we are moreContinue Reading
In early January 2020, Oakland group Moms4Housing was subjected to a militarized eviction from an unoccupied home it had takenContinue Reading
The proposed expansion of I-45 in Houston, officially known as the North Houston Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP), is a primeContinue Reading
The Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens areas of Houston are historic Black neighborhoods where families have proudly planted roots forContinue Reading
In 2019, Texas Housers spent the entire year documenting the disadvantages for Black tenants in HUD-subsidized, Project-Based Section 8 RentalContinue Reading
Julia Orduña is Texas Housers’ Community Navigator in the greater Houston area. She is sharing her initial impressions of workingContinue Reading
In August 2019, the Texas Department of State Health Services discovered what many residents of Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens inContinue Reading
Texas Housers recently submitted comments to the Texas Attorney General’s Office and Department of Justice regarding the consent decree betweenContinue Reading
Texas Housers is exploring the issues of HUD-subsidized housing from the perspective of the tenants. In Part 1 of aContinue Reading
In 2015, partners of Texas Housers developed the Four Rights as a framework to discuss and practice fair housing. ThoseContinue Reading
Since its creation in 2017, the Opportunity Zones program was touted by the Trump Administration as a measure to revitalizeContinue Reading
In the two years since Hurricane Harvey made landfall, so much has changed. There has even been some encouraging movementContinue Reading
Two years ago this week, Hurricane Harvey made landfall over Southeast Texas. The storm’s strength didn’t just punish with its heavyContinue Reading
The politics of who is in charge may shift through the years, but our commitment as a nation to providingContinue Reading
Fair housing was signed into law to root out segregation and individual acts of discrimination. But it means so muchContinue Reading
For the past several months, Texas Housers and our partners have been tracking the public concern around the expansion ofContinue Reading
For more than 14 years, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has been planning the North Houston Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP),Continue Reading
Since the haphazard rollout of the Opportunity Zone program in the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017, advocates acrossContinue Reading
Early in March, a team of professors and researchers from universities nationwide published a study in Proceedings of the NationalContinue Reading
The equality in government resources, specifically storm drainage in Houston, is a path toward justice and a major policy priorityContinue Reading
(Pictured, Texas Housers Southeast Texas co-director Zoe Middleton and Texas Housers community planner Libby Bland pose with author and scholarContinue Reading
Texas Housers, Texas foremost housing policy research and advocacy organization, seeks a leader dedicated to racial and economic justice, possessingContinue Reading
As the one year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey approached the Houston Organizing Movement for Equity coalition also known as HOMEContinue Reading
On April 3, 2018, the Houston City Council voted to make Chapter 19, the city’s Floodplain Management Ordinance, more stringent.Continue Reading
(Photo above is of red tag, labeling Arbor Courts as a fire hazard) HUD Secretary Ben Carson declared that conditionsContinue Reading
“A decent, safe place to come home to, where I can give my kids a good life.” Ask any ofContinue Reading
Texas Housers submitted comments to the City of Houston last week about the city’s proposed plan for spending $1.15 billionContinue Reading