A new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) identifies fair housing concerns with the way the State of Texas…
Tag: LIHTC
More of the same: Houston risks fair housing progress, adds to segregation
There have been some recent signs that Houston is slowly accepting the need to practice fair housing and treat all…
A focus on community revitalization at first 2016 state housing tax credit plan roundtable
Community revitalization, as a concept, is fairly straightforward. But how does it actually happen, and how can its progress be…
Two ways to improve Texas’ housing tax credit allocation plan
We recently filed comments (jointly with Texas Appleseed) on the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs‘ (TDCHA) “Qualified Allocation…
2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit Report
Our analysis of the State of Texas’ 2015 Competitive Housing Tax Credit awards process seeks to understand how the current…
2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit Report: Flawed system leads to undesirable locations for affordable developments
This week Texas Housers will release the 2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit report, an analysis of the state’s competitive process to award…
2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit Report: How support points limit housing options for low income families
This week Texas Housers will release the 2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit report, an analysis of the state’s competitive process to…
2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit Report: When politicians enable prejudice
This week Texas Housers will release our 2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit Report, an analysis of the state’s competitive process to…
In their own words: Some Harris County residents incensed over proposed low income housing for seniors
Illustration of Retreat at Westlock from Harris County Housing Authority website The Harris County Housing Authority (HCHA) has proposed a…
Texas housing tax credit fair housing case oral arguments before 5th Circuit Court include lively questions and answers
Yesterday’s oral arguments in the State of Texas’ appeal of the District Court’s ruling in the Inclusive Communities Project vs. Texas…
Senate Passes TDHCA Sunset
The Texas Senate passed out the TDHCA Sunset bill this afternoon. The bill voted out adopted the recommendations of the…
Riddle amendment to TDHCA Sunset bill is ill-conceived and discriminatory
I wrote last week about the ill-conceived amendment the Texas House of Representatives tacked onto the TDHCA Sunset bill. The…
TX House gives each state representative power to choose or veto housing tax credit developments
An eleventh hour amendment to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) Sunset bill by a strong opponent…
House Amends TDHCA Sunset Bill
The Texas House yesterday debated HB3361, the bill to continue the functions of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs…
Rep. Anchia Files Bill Removing Legislative Letters from Housing Tax Credit Scoring
In a previous blog post here at Texas Housers, we presented an analysis showing that the letters written by Texas…
NYTimes on housing tax credits gets it right on funding, targeting poor, wrong on promoting segregation
A Tax Credit Worth Preserving – NYTimes.com. We think the New York Times editorial on housing got it two-thirds…
Texas LIHTC housing program rocked by second earthquake in two months
Reporter Karisa King’s full Texas housing story is out in the San Antonio Express News. It is a devastating expose…
Low-Income Housing Program Compels Building in Poor Texas Areas – NYTimes.com
Karisa King of the San Antonio Epress News has an incredibly researched and very disturbing story in Sunday’s New York…
Court rules Texas Housing Tax Credit program violates Fair Housing Act
This morning a federal court ruled in a case filed by a Dallas fair housing organization that the way the State…
Brian Potashnik to restart work outside TX new court filing says | dallasnews.com Crime Blog
Dallas Morning News reporter Jason Trahan has blogged that a Texas low income housing tax credit developer at the center…
In Texas state government the tail wags the dog in affordable housing policy
A citizen might expect the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) Board of Directors to spend most of…
Dallas fumbles in the absence of a housing policy
Housing segregation is a problem most Texas communities struggle with. Crippled by a lack of political courage and leadership no…
Effect of Elected Official Letters on the 2011 LIHTC Round
Abstract: Letters written by Texas State Representatives and Senators regarding the development of low income housing in the state had…
Opportunity to tame public corruption lost in veto of TDHCA Sunset bill
When Texas Governor Rick Perry vetoed the TDHCA Sunset Bill a week or so ago one thing that was lost…
The racism of New Berlin is growing in Galveston
We noted yesterday the United States Department of Justice brought suit alleging the City of New Berlin, Wisconsin had violated the…
Feds Sue Wisconsin town for NIMBY Opposition to LIHTC Development
Its been a busy week at the Justice Department on the fair housing front. After yesterday’s legal action petitioning to…
Analysis: Governor Perry’s veto of Texas Department of Housing
On Friday Governor Perry vetoed the “Sunset Bill” for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) that would…
State Rep Riddle says she wants no low-income housing in her district
To appreciate the fair housing problem in Texas just watch this video. Back in February, at a hearing on the…
It’s NIMBY Time…Again
“We realize that not all residents of an affordable housing development will, by default, be criminals. However, we are also…
Study of State’s Use of LIHTC Boost
This month the “Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits” included an article examining how different states utilize their ability to offer…