There’s something important missing from the recent news reports on HUD’s decision to withhold $1.95 billion of federal disaster mitigationContinue Reading
It’s a new year and a new administration has moved into the White House. On the first day of theContinue Reading
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced it is making available $50 million to Public Housing Agencies (PHAs)Continue Reading
This week, President Trump announced the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is “suspending all foreclosures and evictions untilContinue Reading
In early January 2020, Oakland group Moms4Housing was subjected to a militarized eviction from an unoccupied home it had takenContinue Reading
On February 5, Congress is holding a hearing entitled “The Trump Administration’s Proposal to Gut Fair Housing Accountability” to discussContinue Reading
Texas Housers is committed to housing justice in all the avenues that we use. Communities where individuals and families sufferContinue Reading
This week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under Secretary Ben Carson abdicated its role as the country’sContinue Reading
In 2019, Texas Housers spent the entire year documenting the disadvantages for Black tenants in HUD-subsidized, Project-Based Section 8 RentalContinue Reading
In 2012, Congress authorized some public housing agencies to convert units from their original federally-funded public housing developments to project-based Section 8Continue Reading
As the decision from HUD on keeping the Disparate Impact Rule intact hangs in the balance, Texas Housers has beenContinue Reading
Last night, Texas Housers submitted public comments opposing HUD’s changes to the Disparate Impact Rule. For more than 40 years,Continue Reading
“Housing assistance should be more than just putting a roof over someone’s head,” HUD Secretary Ben Carson told a FortContinue Reading
HUD’s proposal to disrupt the lives of mixed immigration status families is both contradictory to meaning of the law intendedContinue Reading
In episode 10, Texas Housers breaks down the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development new proposed rule to evictContinue Reading
In episode 9 of our podcast, A Little Louder, we talk about how a subsidized apartment complex in Galveston isContinue Reading
The government shutdown is in its 18th day today and more than 1,000 contracts between landlords and the U.S. DepartmentContinue Reading
HUD Secretary Ben Carson assured members of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee three weeks ago that he and HUDContinue Reading
Numerous cities and states, including the City of Austin, as well as housing and anti-poverty advocates, filed amicus briefs thisContinue Reading
The National Fair Housing Alliance, Texas Housers and Texas Appleseed filed an amended complaint and a new preliminary injunction motionContinue Reading
Michael Allen on fair housing after 50 years from Texas Housers on Vimeo. The arc of the moral universe isContinue Reading
This is the second part of a two-part blog on Texas Housers turning to the courts to direct the U.S.Continue Reading
(Photo above: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act in 1965) In the faceContinue Reading
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Houston has an opportunity to leverage its unique characteristics to build not only aContinue Reading
The state’s draft action plan for spending $57.8 million in federal disaster recovery funds was released on Jan. 18. The Texas GeneralContinue Reading
Point of Clarification: FEMA has since clarified that inspections are not ordered for all valid registrations received. Some of theseContinue Reading
HUD’s Postponement of the New Fair Housing Rule from Texas Housers on Vimeo. Last week the Trump administration announced thatContinue Reading
“If there is a cancer in the city, do not cut it out and replant it in another part ofContinue Reading
(Editor’s note — This statement has been altered to incorporate the voice of our partner, Texas Appleseed) Meanwhile the WhiteContinue Reading
The Texas Low Income Housing Information Service (TxLIHIS) has told the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that itContinue Reading