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Tag: NIMBY

Fort Worth wants affordable housing and could have it, if the city strongly rejects NIMBY pitfalls

Local issues, State issues•by •Posted July 21, 2020

In late June 2020, Fort Worth City Council voted against a zoning change that would have likely secured tax credit…

Tags: Affordable housing, Fort Worth, NIMBY, TDHCA

Fort Worth fair housing assessment shines light on community opposition to low-income housing

Local issues•by •Posted November 28, 2017

“If there is a cancer in the city, do not cut it out and replant it in another part of…

Tags: Fair housing, Fort Worth, HUD, NIMBY

Legislators should be celebrating affordable housing, not fearmongering

State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted May 9, 2017

I testified at a hearing of the Texas House of Representatives Urban Affairs Committee on May 2, speaking against HB 1792 by Rep.…

Tags: Affordable housing, Fair housing, LIHTC, NIMBY, Texas Legislature

Houston area representative, pledging to ‘Stop Low-Income Government Housing,’ files bill

State issues, Uncategorized•by John Henneberger•Posted February 13, 2017

Elected on a pledge to “Stop Low-Income Government Housing” (see campaign ad above),  Real Estate Broker and State Representative Valoree…

Tags: Fair housing, Harris County, Houston, Low Income Housing Tax Credit, NIMBY, Texas Legislature, Valoree Swanson

Federal report calls out political influence on affordable housing locations in Texas

State issues•by •Posted June 13, 2016

A new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) identifies fair housing concerns with the way the State of Texas…

Tags: Fair housing, LIHTC, NIMBY, Tax credits

Radio interview with our Houston co-director Chrishelle Palay on the consequences of NIMBYism

Uncategorized•by •Posted June 6, 2016

Texas Housers Houston co-director Chrishelle Palay appeared on Houston Matters, the public affairs radio show from Houston Public Media, to discuss how…

Tags: Fair housing, Houston, NIMBY

TX House gives each state representative power to choose or veto housing tax credit developments

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted April 26, 2013

An eleventh hour amendment to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) Sunset bill by a strong opponent…

Tags: Debbie Riddle, Fair housing, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, NIMBY, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Texas Legislature, Texas Sunset Advisory Commission

Rep. Anchia Files Bill Removing Legislative Letters from Housing Tax Credit Scoring

State issues•by •Posted February 8, 2013

In a previous blog post here at Texas Housers, we presented an analysis showing that the letters written by Texas…

Tags: legislation, LIHTC, NIMBY, Sunset

The ‘Whitest town in North Texas’ fights to keep it that way

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted February 27, 2012

This might just be the ideal place to film a remake of “Birth Of A Nation,” D.W. Griffith’s silent film…

Tags: Dallas, Fair housing, Housing Discrimination, NIMBY

Effect of Elected Official Letters on the 2011 LIHTC Round

State issues•by •Posted July 1, 2011

Abstract: Letters written by Texas State Representatives and Senators regarding the development of low income housing in the state had…

Tags: Fair housing, LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credit, NIMBY, QAP, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Texas Legislature

Feds Sue Wisconsin town for NIMBY Opposition to LIHTC Development

National issues•by •Posted June 24, 2011

Its been a busy week at the Justice Department on the fair housing front.  After yesterday’s legal action petitioning to…

Tags: DOJ, Fair housing, LIHTC, NIMBY

State Rep Riddle says she wants no low-income housing in her district

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 14, 2011

To appreciate the fair housing problem in Texas just watch this video. Back in February, at a hearing on the…

Tags: Fair housing, LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, NIMBY, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

It’s NIMBY Time…Again

State issues•by •Posted April 6, 2011

“We realize that not all residents of an affordable housing development will, by default, be criminals.   However, we are also…

Tags: LIHTC, NIMBY, QAP, QCP, Sunset, TDHCA

Study: Leading Subsidized Housing Program in Texas Limits Economic Opportunity of the Poor

State issues•by •Posted December 13, 2010

New report finds that Low Income Housing Tax Credit housing is more likely than other rental housing to be built…

Tags: housing opportunity, Housing segregation, LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credit, NIMBY, QAP, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

TxLIHIS Comments on Proposed 2011 QAP

State issues•by •Posted October 28, 2010

October 23, 2010 Ms. Robbye Meyer Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs P.O. Box 13941 Austin, TX 78711-3941 RE:…

Tags: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, LIHTC, NIMBY, QAP, TDHCA

NIMBYism in Real Time

Local issues, State issues•by •Posted October 21, 2010

“Studies show it [NIMBYism] has contributed to projects being clustered in less affluent areas with high concentrations of minorities, such…

Tags: LIHTC, NIMBY, QCP, TDHCA

“Neighborhood” letters and Tax Credit Properties

Local issues•by •Posted October 18, 2010

Eric Dexheimer at that Statesman has an extensive article examining neighborhood groups and the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program.  …

Tags: LIHTC, NIMBY, QCP, TDHCA

It is not a proposal to build a toxic waste dump for Pete’s sake!

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 12, 2009

I came across this sign today in Austin providing a “public notice” regarding an application to build housing for the…

Tags: Low Income Housing Tax Credits, NIMBY
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