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Tag: Lighting

After years of resident advocacy, Hidalgo County adopts higher standards for drainage and streetlight infrastructure for new model subdivisions

Local issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted October 17, 2018

Colonia residents in Hidalgo County have experienced far too much flooding and darkness, the dangerous symptoms of poorly-planned subdivisions where…

Tags: drainage, Infrastructure, Lighting, Model Subdivision Rules, Rio Grande Valley

Colonia residents deliver demand for new subdivision rules to Hidalgo County Commissioners via Christmas carol

Housers Spotlight, Local issues•by •Posted December 6, 2017

MSR Carol at Hidalgo County Commissioners Court from Texas Housers on Vimeo. The Hidalgo County Commissioners Court is considering updates…

Tags: drainage, Hidalgo County, Lighting, Model Subdivision Rules

Video: Colonia children ask for streetlights

Local issues, State issues•by •Posted May 5, 2015

In this video produced by our partners at La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE) and A Resource In Serving Equality…

Tags: ARISE, Colonias, Lighting, LUPE, Rio Grande Valley

Public Radio International highlights housing issues in the Rio Grande Valley

Disaster Recovery, National issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted April 14, 2015

Public Radio International reporter (and former TxLIHIS staff member) Alina Simone spent some time in the Rio Grande Valley last month…

Tags: Colonias, Disaster recovery, Lighting, media, RAPIDO, Rio Grande Valley, street lights
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