Building affordable housing can be a long journey with approval needed from many groups and individuals along the way. Unfortunately,Continue Reading
Community revitalization, as a concept, is fairly straightforward. But how does it actually happen, and how can its progress beContinue Reading
Yesterday’s oral arguments in the State of Texas’ appeal of the District Court’s ruling in the Inclusive Communities Project vs. TexasContinue Reading
I wrote last week about the ill-conceived amendment the Texas House of Representatives tacked onto the TDHCA Sunset bill. TheContinue Reading
An eleventh hour amendment to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) Sunset bill by a strong opponentContinue Reading
The Texas House yesterday debated HB3361, the bill to continue the functions of the Texas Department of Housing and Community AffairsContinue Reading
Karisa King of the San Antonio Epress News has an incredibly researched and very disturbing story in Sunday’s New YorkContinue Reading
This morning a federal court ruled in a case filed by a Dallas fair housing organization that the way the StateContinue Reading
Housing segregation is a problem most Texas communities struggle with. Crippled by a lack of political courage and leadership noContinue Reading
We noted yesterday the United States Department of Justice brought suit alleging the City of New Berlin, Wisconsin had violated theContinue Reading
To appreciate the fair housing problem in Texas just watch this video. Back in February, at a hearing on theContinue Reading
The Federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas has ruled that the Inclusive Communities Project has legal standingContinue Reading
Stephen F. Gold, an attorney who specializes in civil rights and represents only persons with disabilities, publishes an email InformationContinue Reading
The Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program (LIHTC) is a federal program that supports the production of affordable multifamily housing. Continue Reading
State Representative Terri Hodge (D-Dallas) was sentenced to a year in prison today by a Dallas Federal District judge onContinue Reading
Back in 2008 we listed the eleven subsidized housing properties with the lowest physical inspection scores from HUD. One ofContinue Reading
One of the Recovery Act programs we’re watching is the Housing Tax Credit Exchange program, a program supporting the productionContinue Reading
Last Friday was a major milestone in the extensive reporting requirements of the Recovery Act. Recovery.gov released the first roundContinue Reading
One of the TDHCA programs we are tracking with our new American Recovery and Reinvestment Act accountability initiative is theContinue Reading
In the wake of the conviction of former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill and Planning Commissioner D’Angelo Lee inContinue Reading
The Dallas Morning News reports the federal district court jury found all of the defendants in the Dallas Low IncomeContinue Reading
We are pleased to announce a major new initiative at TxLIHIS. One of the largest affordable housing programs in TexasContinue Reading
In an earlier post (see issue 14) I mentioned that some social services that Low Income Housing Tax Credit developersContinue Reading
Federal Program Highlights: Funding: 3 Billion Administering Agency: US Treasury Unused funds must be returned by 1/1/2011 Texas Program Highlights:Continue Reading
Here is a brief overview of the Texas Credit Assistance Program and how it is shaping up in Texas. FederalContinue Reading
The 2009 Stimulus Bill (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) contained a provision allowing the limited exchange of taxContinue Reading
The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program is the largest affordable housing production program in Texas. At the TexasContinue Reading
In response to a recent blog post I received the following comment from an anonymous reader… Offering a bribe toContinue Reading
It’s like a pornographic movie… the Dallas housing tax credit trial… everyone gets screwed. In today’s trial testimony the Dallas MorningContinue Reading
Low income housing tax credit developer and star government witness in the Dallas public corruption trial Bill Fisher admitted inContinue Reading