The Houston Chronicle is reporting on a notice found posted at a southwest Houston apartment complex warning residents to report…
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Houston voters decide on housing bonds today
While Austin voters will decide today on $78,300,000 in bonds for housing, voters in Houston go to the polls to vote…
HUD rejects City of Houston fair housing effort
HUD has rejected the City of Houston’s fair housing plan known as the Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing (AI).…
Couple lives in tent waiting for Ike-damaged home’s repair | khou.com Houston
Just when you think you have seen the worst government can do to Hurricane Ike victims along comes this story.…
On 3rd anniversary 200 tell Houston City Council reforms are needed in Hurricane Ike recovery program
The following testimony was presented before the Houston City Council on the third anniversary of Hurricane Ike, September 13, 2011.
Protesters say city slow to repair Ike-damaged houses – Houston Chronicle
Bearing photos of homes that still have blue tarps on the roofs, more than 100 protesters held a rally at…
Senior’s city-built home lacked insulation – Houston Chronicle
After months of delay in getting its housing repair program under way, Houston’s housing department was eager last month to…
September 13, 2011 is the three year anniversary of Hurricane Ike
Please take a few moments to consider the plight of the tens of thousands of elderly and disabled Texans who…
Thousands still recovering from Hurricane Ike | abc13.com
The community organization TOP held an information fair for low-income Houston homeowners Saturday to help them find out when they…
It’s finally time to get rid of those post-Ike blue tarps | Houston Chronicle
September 13, 2011, will mark the three-year anniversary of Hurricane Ike making landfall along the upper Texas coast. Residents of…
HUD: Ex-inmates need help to stay off streets in Houston | Houston Chronicle
The Houston Chronicle ran a thoughtful story today about the difficult problem facing people coming out of jail trying to…
Video of Houston Disaster Recovery Town Hall
Last week we highlighted a town hall on Disaster Single Family Home Repair in Houston, hosted by the Texas Organizing…
Hurricane Disaster Spending–an opportunity to repair homes *and* create jobs in affected communities
Texas Low Income Housing Information Service is working with residents in Galveston, Houston and the Valley to make sure that…
Houston Town Hall on Disaster Single Family Home Repair
On Saturday, May 21, 2011, Texas Organizing Project (TOP) along with other supporting organizations spearheaded a record attendance Town Hall…
Chronicle on Houston Disaster Recovery Repair
Saturday’s Houston Chronicle ran a short story on the status of the single-family housing repair program funded with Hurricane Ike…
The state of Black-White Segregation in Texas
Last month the Brookings Institution released a set of segregation measures about the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the United…
Houston TOP Bus Tour
This blog post is by Elizabeth Nowrouz. In late November, Melissa Cha and I traveled to Houston to gain a…
City of Houston weatherization jobs have not been in low-income communities
The 2009 Recovery Act increased the funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) in Texas by 2500%. This program funds…
The “Ike Dike” is no excuse for diverting money from rebuilding homes
The June 4 issue of the Wall Street Journal reports that Houston leaders are pushing a plan to protect against…
Houston homeownership initiative spurs outrage – but there is a worse dimension to this story
In the wake of a storm of public outrage Houston Mayor Bill White ordered the city’s housing department to shelve…
SRO housing organization shows how to earn community support
Houston’s New Hope Housing is a leader in providing a solution to homelessness through building and managing Single Room Occupancy…
Woman, whose fight for housing repair revealed government waste, dies in her home
The woman who blew the whistle on fraud in the City of Houston’s home repair program, featured in a front…
Houston’s Tropical Storm Allison home repair debacle provides warning regarding Hurricane Ike funds
The State of Texas is considering turning over administrative responsibility for $1.3 billion in Hurricane Ike rebuilding funds to local…
Houston uses local housing funds to replace disallowed federal housing funds
Houston Chronicle reporter Mike Snyder has uncovered a move by the City of Houston to repay over $15.5 million of…
Texas cities should place derelict apartments in receivership
Heather K. Way, director of the Community Development Law Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law, read my…
Slow expenditures, questionable priorities plague Houston and Harris County administered hurricane relief efforts
We have been critical of the decisions of the City of Houston and of Harris County so far as their…
Correcting Houston’s extreme shortage of government subsidized housing should be top priority
Traditionally public and Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers play a major role in providing affordable housing within major US cities. …
Mayor White saves 1000 renters from eviction but fundamental low-income housing issues remain
Houston Mayor Bill White acted quickly and responsibly in preventing the owners of the 600 unit Houston La Casita apartment…
Homeowners rebuilding from Hurricane Ike have basically no consumer protection in Texas
Houston Mayor Bill White threw in the towel this week, ending his modest effort to provide rudimentary consumer protections to…
Our ten point plan for rehousing low income Hurricane Ike survivors
There are many critical housing needs facing Hurricane Ike survivors of all incomes. Our focus is on the area of…