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Tag: Public housing authorities

HUD’s $50 million Housing Mobility grant is a challenge for Texas Public Housing Authorities to step up

Local issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted July 15, 2020
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The Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced it is making available $50 million to Public Housing Agencies (PHAs)…

Tags: housing mobility, HUD, Public housing authorities

Estimates of housing voucher cuts for each Texas city under President’s budget

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted March 17, 2017

Thanks to research by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, we can now see the effects that President Trump’s proposed…

Tags: housing choice vouchers, public housing, Public housing authorities, Section 8, Texas

Housing authority shake-up may be under way – Houston Chronicle

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted February 29, 2012

The Houston Chronicle reports… Harris County Commissioners Court on Tuesday replaced the board chairman of the Harris County Housing Authority,…

Tags: Harris County, Harris County Housing Authority, public housing, Public housing authorities

Dallas pregnant woman reportedly trampled, others injured in rush for housing vouchers

Local issues, News Clips•by John Henneberger•Posted July 21, 2011

Bo McCarver’s housing news clips posted on this blog this week has a story from the AP headlined, “Early morning…

Tags: Dallas, Public housing authorities, Section 8

HUD Secretary Donovan’s letter to PHAs about accepting ex-offenders

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 20, 2011

I commented earlier on HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan‘s letter to public housing authorities asking them to reconsider their policies on…

Tags: Housing policy, public housing, Public housing authorities

Galveston housing authority director resigns

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 13, 2011

The Galveston County Daily News is reporting Galveston Housing Authority Executive Director Harish Krishnarao resigned effective immediately during an executive…

Tags: Disaster housing rebuilding, Disaster recovery, Galveston, Hurricane Ike, Public housing authorities

Dallas Housing Authority misfires in war on crime

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted August 18, 2009

The Dallas Housing Authority’s board of directors (DHA) adopted a new policy this week to require public housing tenants to…

Tags: Dallas, Public housing authorities

Government housing programs can and do help the poorest families in Texas

Local issues, National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 20, 2009

I blogged last week about the need for housing programs to recognize the housing needs of families well below 30…

Tags: Housing policy, Housing resources, Low income housing, Public housing authorities, Section 8

Galveston public housing conditions illustrate results of HUD’s failure to give a damn

Local issues, National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted December 5, 2008

I toured the three devastated public housing developments in Galveston this week and what I saw sickened, depressed and angered…

Tags: HUD, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding, Public housing authorities

Houston Chronicle urges prioritizing rebuilding Galveston public housing

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 11, 2008

Amen! House poor Make restoring Galveston’s public housing a priority Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle Nov. 10, 2008 More than three…

Tags: Hurricane Ike, Public housing authorities

Correcting Houston’s extreme shortage of government subsidized housing should be top priority

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 10, 2008

Traditionally public and  Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers play a major role in providing affordable housing within major US cities. …

Tags: Houston, Public housing authorities, Section 8

A public housing advocate senses tide turning against Galvestion public housing rebuilding

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 23, 2008

Lenwood Johnson, Texas’ foremost public housing advocate, sent me an email this afternoon about the prospects for rebuilding public housing…

Tags: Hurricane Ike, Public housing authorities

LBJ speech recalls struggle to bring low-income housing to Austin

Local issues, National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 5, 2008

In 1968, at the end of his political career, with barely one month left in his term as president, LBJ…

Tags: Austin, Housing policy, Public housing authorities

LBJ’s struggle to get Austin to accept public housing offers lessons for today

Local issues, National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 4, 2008

Seventy years ago here, in Austin Texas, Lyndon Johnson a young, first-term congressman took up the cause of housing the…

Tags: Austin, Housing policy, Public housing authorities

Reporter alleges Section 8 tenant crime wave, but where is the evidence?

Local issues, National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted August 10, 2008

The elite media has decided to focus on whether Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher holders are bringing crime to suburban…

Tags: Housing policy, Housing segregation, Public housing authorities, Section 8

Dallas Housing Authority director resigns under pressure – this is one tough job

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted August 1, 2008

Ann Lott, executive director of the Dallas Housing Authority (DHA) has resigned under pressure from members of the housing authority’s…

Tags: Dallas, Dallas Housing Authority, Public housing authorities

Understanding public attitudes toward public housing

Local issues, National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 25, 2008

Amidst a lot of anger and outrage directed at a proposed development in Northeast Austin proposing to provide transitional housing…

Tags: Austin, Housing resources, Public housing authorities

Recalling the prehistory of public housing in Texas

Local issues, National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 16, 2008

Watch our interview with Professor Fox on the origins of public housing in Texas. A number of years ago Karen…

Tags: Public housing authorities

Unraveling the mystery of 500 unused Dallas Section 8 vouchers

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 4, 2008

The Dallas Morning News ran a story by Kim Horner on June 23 about 500 Section 8 vouchers that have…

Tags: Dallas, Dallas Housing Authority, Housing segregation, Housing vouchers, Public housing authorities, Section 8

The best (and worst) performing Texas public housing authorities according to HUD

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 2, 2008

In the course of updating our databases of all the multifamily subsidized housing in Texas this week I manually extracted…

Tags: HUD, Public housing authorities
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