I gave this speech at the Housing Assistance Council Rural Housing Conference in Washington, D.C. on November 30. Watch the full…
Tag: Rural housing
Update: Proposed Senate budget amendments to cut rural housing programs not included in vote
Update 3/27: The Senate’s marathon “vote-a-rama” ended this morning without a vote on the Hatch and Flake amendments. Original Post 3/26: Yesterday…
USDA Rural Housing Service in Texas: Progress and Potential
Last winter TXLIHIS released “USDA Rural Housing Service in Texas: Turning Away from the Poor,” a report detailing how in…
USDA Rural Development housing programs would be improved through more open government
Last week Peter Orszag, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo called the “Open…
Texas legislature focuses on unmet rural housing needs
It is no secret that rural housing needs have received far less attention than urban housing needs in Texas. A…
Seeking solutions to providing low-income housing in rural Texas
Hereford, a Texas Panhandle community of about 15,000, will host an important meeting today to consider how to overcome the…
Texas Senate committee hears strong support for Texas Housing Trust Fund
A chorus of voices spoke up for an increase in the Texas Housing Trust Fund in testimony this week before…
Curbing substandard housing in rural Texas
Watch John Henneberger’s testimony before the Texas Seante International Relations and Trade Committee on substandard rural housing. Read my written…