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Tag: RAPIDO

Hurricane predicted to hit the Gulf Coast; Texas may not be prepared to recover

Local issues, State issues•by •Posted August 24, 2017

The National Hurricane Center projects that Tropical Storm Harvey is now expected to be a major hurricane by the time…

Tags: Disaster recovery, Hurricane, RAPIDO, Texas Legislature

Update: Texas Senate approves expansion of innovative disaster recovery housing program

State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted May 8, 2017

Follow housing issues at the Texas Legislature and our full bill tracker here. Update 5/8: SB 1673 by Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. has passed…

Tags: Disaster recovery, RAPIDO, Texas Legislature

Video: Texas Housers board member Dr. Shannon Van Zandt on colonia social vulnerability and disaster recovery

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted March 3, 2017

Our board member Dr. Shannon Van Zandt, a professor and interim head of Texas A&M University’s Landscape Architecture and Urban…

Tags: Colonias, Hurricane Dolly, RAPIDO, Shannon Van Zandt, Texas A&M University

Smithsonian design museum opens exhibit featuring innovative Texas disaster recovery program

Uncategorized•by •Posted October 3, 2016

The title of the new exhibit at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City sums up the…

Tags: Disaster recovery, RAPIDO, Rio Grande Valley

First-ever colonia disaster recovery conference prepares residents for emergencies

Uncategorized•by •Posted August 30, 2016

Natural disasters hit low income households the hardest, especially in the colonias of the Rio Grande Valley. Learning to prepare…

Tags: Colonias, Disaster recovery, RAPIDO, Rio Grande Valley

RAPIDO disaster recovery housing model to be exhibited at Smithsonian

State issues•by •Posted April 22, 2016

RAPIDO, the innovative disaster recovery housing program recognized by the MacArthur Foundation, Public Radio International, SXSW and many others, has received another impressive honor. The…

Tags: Disaster recovery, RAPIDO, Texas Legislature

Eight years after hurricanes, Texas disaster recovery efforts are $1 billion behind

State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted December 29, 2015

The Texas Senate Intergovernmental Relations Committee (IGR) has begun to investigate the failures of the state’s disaster recovery process, finding that…

Tags: Disaster recovery, RAPIDO, Texas Legislature

Video: Informing Texas senators about how to fix disaster recovery

State issues•by •Posted December 14, 2015

In early December, the Texas Senate Committee of Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) held a public hearing and overview of the interim…

Tags: Disaster recovery, DRH, RAPIDO, Texas Legislature

Disaster declared in several Texas counties, but comprehensive recovery strategy still needed

State issues•by •Posted November 25, 2015

On the day before Thanksgiving, President Obama signed an official federal disaster declaration for the Texas counties affected by severe…

Tags: Disaster recovery, DRH, RAPIDO

Texas Senate committee to study disaster preparedness, ramifications of Supreme Court fair housing case

State issues•by •Posted October 12, 2015

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has issued his third installment of interim charges for state senate committees, the in-depth studies…

Tags: Disaster recovery, Disparate impact, Fair housing, RAPIDO, Texas Legislature

Home is where our story begins: Painting a housing mural to honor community builders in Brownsville

Local issues•by •Posted September 16, 2015

The weatherman predicted a 90 percent chance of heavy rain, but there was not a drop in sight. The sun was…

Tags: Brownsville, Community development corporation, Josue, RAPIDO, Rio Grande Valley, Staff post

Public Radio International highlights housing issues in the Rio Grande Valley

National issues, State issues•by •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 Housing, Lighting, media, RAPIDO, Rio Grande Valley, streetlights
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