The Washington Post reports on a statement made by Mitt Romney about HUD. “I’m going to take a lot of…
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HUD boss Shaun Donovan jumps into President Obama mortgage melee – POLITICO.com
A story in Politico on the deal with the banks and HUD Secretary Donovan’s role is worth a read. I…
HUD plays Grinch with its poorest tenants
A single mother with two children in Texas is potentially eligible to receive $260 per month from Temporary Assistance for…
HUD withholds county’s federal funds over fair housing plan
The National Low Income Housing Coalition is reporting that HUD has rejected Westchester County, NY‘s certification that it is affirmatively…
HUD’s Ron Sims discusses something Austin officials will not — homeownership and race
For a years I worked with State Representative Eddie Rodriguez (Austin) to help him devise a way to let lower-income…
Preview of new HUD GIS mapping tool shows promise and potential
You have to hand it to the CPD staff of HUD. They are doing some really interesting and useful things…
Its not just what Fannie Mae did, its also about what it didn’t do
Let me first admit that I have not yet read the book but I plan to over the next several…
Congressional Hearings on HOME program
The Congressional House Financial Services Committee is holding a hearing this morning on the HOME program, recently the focus of…
Section 8 Waitlists In Texas
Previously here at Texas Houser’s, we noted the Dallas Housing Authority lost 13,000 applications to its Section 8 program. Under…
San Antonio Haven for Hope homeless facility receives HUD design award
The Haven for Hope homeless facility in San Antonio, Texas is one of three recipients of the HUD Secretary’s 2011…
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…
Thoughts on the Washington Post Investigation of the HOME Program
5/20 update: HUD has posted a more detailed response to the WP article that includes an re-analysis of the entire…
Many of These Are Preventable Deaths
“Spalding County reports two fatalities. Officials say the severe storms tore a mobile home from its foundation and tossed it…
Increasing Minimum Entry Door Width in Manufactured Housing
TxLIHIS recently submitted Comments to the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC), a federal advisory committee to HUD on the regulation…
NYT: Time Runs Out for St. Bernard Parish
This morning’s New York Times has an Op-Ed about HUD’s proposed action regarding housing discrimination by the government of St.…
U. S. House FY11 Budget Bill Slashes and Burns Federal Housing Safety Net
This press release from the National Low Income Housing Coalition unfortunately shows the current budgetary carnage is not restricted to…
HUD’s Worst Case Housing Needs Report for 2009
According to a new report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the number of renters facing the…
Two Reports from the HUD OIG on Texas Entities
HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) released two audit reports on Texas entities last week. One report covered $503 million…
NSP1-A Deadline Looms
Last week HUD announced the details of their enforcement of the 18-month deadline for obligation of the first round of…
HUD “First Look” program asks buyers to overlook PTAF
Earlier this month HUD announced a “first look” initiative which would give participants in HUD’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) preference…
Texas Prioritizes Sewers and Financial Assistance to For-Profit Businesses over Low Income Housing in CDBG program
The primary objective of this chapter and of the community development program of each grantee under this chapter is the…
Texas failing to spend federal funds for foreclosure-impacted communities
New report finds that millions are at risk of being returned to the federal government Austin, TX – Texas may…
Failing Waco property facing closure
Back in 2008 we listed the eleven subsidized housing properties with the lowest physical inspection scores from HUD. One of…
Transforming rental assistance through the HUD budget
Earlier this year we commented on the proposed The 2011 Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban…
Update: HUD’s Public Inspection Scores
Last week we pointed to HUD’s release of 2009 Physical Inspection Scores for subsidized properties. Eric Dexheimer at the Austin…
HUD fails 14 percent of Texas subsidized properties inspected in physical inspections
Back in 2008 we presented data on physical inspection scores of subsidized housing in Texas. HUD has updated this dataset…
HUD OIG subpoenas three Texas lenders
The HUD Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued subpoenas to 15 companies on Tuesday, including three Texas lenders. The…
Fort Worth housing fund crisis shows need for more public oversight
Once again the lack of oversight of a city housing department leads to waste and abuse and puts the federal…
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…
National housing advocates pleased with new HUD Secretary
President-elect Obama’s announcement of his selection of Shaun Donovan, New York City’s commissioner of Housing Preservation and Development, to be…