Houston Chronicle: Disaster recovery housing program badly mismanaged
On Saturday, the Houston Chronicle published reporter Harvey Rice’s exploration into the systemic failures in rebuilding disaster housing in theContinue Reading
On Saturday, the Houston Chronicle published reporter Harvey Rice’s exploration into the systemic failures in rebuilding disaster housing in theContinue Reading
This situation is simply so bizarre it speaks for itself. From today’s Houston Chronicle GALVESTON – Opponents of public housingContinue Reading
Through the CDBG Hurricane Ike Disaster Recovery program the City of Houston is using more than $100 million in federalContinue Reading
Unfortunately, Texas has a lot of experience administering governmental programs to help Texans rebuild their homes in the wake ofContinue Reading
It appears that the rebuilding of the 569 public housing in Galveston demolished in the wake of Hurricane Ike may beContinue Reading
Shelly Batten and Tina Colunga drove up from Galveston yesterday to testify on HB 835. HB 835, by Representative Eiland, (andContinue Reading
Everyone is horrified at the loss of life and destruction last night from the explosion of a fertilizer plant inContinue Reading
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. – Proverbs 31:9 . Chrishelle PalayContinue Reading
The following editorial is from an editorial in today’s Austin-American Statesman. A state disaster relief contract has itself been declaredContinue Reading
Recent stories in the Austin American-Statesman, the Texas Tribune and the New York Times have chronicled the slow pace ofContinue Reading
Austin American Statesman reporter Brenda Bell has an amazing quote from HNTB in her story today about the HUD audit ofContinue Reading
In the second article in as many days, Texas Tribune reporter Becca Aaronson has disclosed a HUD inspector general’s reportContinue Reading
The NYT ran a story written by Texas Tribune reporter Becca Aaronson on the state of disaster recovery in Texas… NearlyContinue Reading
According to a State of Texas report covering the period through January 31 2012, only 38 percent of houses destroyedContinue Reading
Just when you think you have seen the worst government can do to Hurricane Ike victims along comes this story.Continue Reading
Official figures from the State of Texas show that fewer than 500 homes have been repaired or rebuilt under theContinue Reading
The following testimony was presented before the Houston City Council on the third anniversary of Hurricane Ike, September 13, 2011.
Bearing photos of homes that still have blue tarps on the roofs, more than 100 protesters held a rally atContinue Reading
After months of delay in getting its housing repair program under way, Houston’s housing department was eager last month toContinue Reading
AUSTIN, Texas – Today marks the third anniversary of Hurricane Ike, and many low-income Texans, particularly in the Houston area,Continue Reading
Please take a few moments to consider the plight of the tens of thousands of elderly and disabled Texans whoContinue Reading
The community organization TOP held an information fair for low-income Houston homeowners Saturday to help them find out when theyContinue Reading
September 13, 2011, will mark the three-year anniversary of Hurricane Ike making landfall along the upper Texas coast. Residents ofContinue Reading
In an unusual joint letter to Galveston Mayor Joe Jaworski, three top HUD leaders told Galveston to move forward to rebuildContinue Reading
(Photo: Texas General Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, from Texas Tribune) Readers will recall Governor Perry passed responsibility for the HurricaneContinue Reading
There is an interesting and sobering story about rebuilding Galveston public housing that ran in today’s Houston Chronicle. The storyContinue Reading
We noted yesterday the United States Department of Justice brought suit alleging the City of New Berlin, Wisconsin had violated theContinue Reading
Shakeups in the State’s troubled disaster recovery program continue. In the wake of the virtual elimination of the Governor’s designatedContinue Reading
On Friday Governor Perry vetoed the “Sunset Bill” for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) that wouldContinue Reading
The Galveston County Daily News is reporting Galveston Housing Authority Executive Director Harish Krishnarao resigned effective immediately during an executiveContinue Reading