Texas Housers presents the Tenant view of Houston’s segregation of Project Based Section 8 Housing in latest report
Texas Housers is exploring the issues of HUD-subsidized housing from the perspective of the tenants. In Part 1 of aContinue Reading
Texas Housers is exploring the issues of HUD-subsidized housing from the perspective of the tenants. In Part 1 of aContinue Reading
An earlier version of our report “Project Based Section 8 Housing: Across Houston and The Woodlands” transposed the REAC scores,Continue Reading
The politics of who is in charge may shift through the years, but our commitment as a nation to providingContinue Reading
(Photo above is of red tag, labeling Arbor Courts as a fire hazard) HUD Secretary Ben Carson declared that conditionsContinue Reading
Pop quiz: What is the largest federally-subsidized housing program in the United States? Hint: It’s not Section 8 housing choiceContinue Reading
Thanks to research by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, we can now see the effects that President Trump’s proposedContinue Reading
In Texas, there is a law formally protecting landlord discrimination against people with housing vouchers, most of whom are African-American. A lawsuit filed Thursday inContinue Reading
A proposed rule change for the use of federal Housing Choice Vouchers would greatly improve the chance that housing vouchers will do what theyContinue Reading
In recent months, some residents of the Dallas area have made it explicitly clear that “Section 8 housing” is oftenContinue Reading
Illustration of Retreat at Westlock from Harris County Housing Authority website The Harris County Housing Authority (HCHA) has proposed aContinue Reading
This morning the Texas Senate Business and Commerce Committee voted to recommend passage of SB 267, a bill that preventsContinue Reading
This afternoon the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans vacated its order blocking immediate implementationContinue Reading
On Friday, a federal district judge rejected the Austin Apartment Association’s challenge to source of income protection in Austin. TheContinue Reading
In a ruling this afternoon, U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks rejected a motion for preliminary injunction by the Austin Apartment AssociationContinue Reading
This is part of a series of stories about the experiences of housing voucher holders. For more, read our previousContinue Reading
This is part of a series about tenants who have faced discrimination because of their source of income. Watch EvitaContinue Reading
Austin’s new ordinance protecting renters from discrimination based on their source of income faces dual challenges, a lawsuit from the AustinContinue Reading
The Austin City Council today unanimously passed on first reading an amendment to the Austin Fair Housing Ordnance to prohibit landlords from rejectingContinue Reading
Bo McCarver’s housing news clips posted on this blog this week has a story from the AP headlined, “Early morningContinue Reading
Previously here at Texas Houser’s, we noted the Dallas Housing Authority lost 13,000 applications to its Section 8 program. UnderContinue Reading
Yesterday The Dallas Housing Authority opened its waiting list for its Housing Choice Voucher program for the first time inContinue Reading
I blogged last week about the need for housing programs to recognize the housing needs of families well below 30Continue Reading
More than half of 5,000 Galveston County families displaced by Hurricane Ike and given federal vouchers to rent homes orContinue Reading
North Texas is becoming ground zero in the fight against residential racial segregation. This thanks to the experienced and increasinglyContinue Reading
Traditionally public and Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers play a major role in providing affordable housing within major US cities. Continue Reading
The elite media has decided to focus on whether Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher holders are bringing crime to suburbanContinue Reading
The Dallas Morning News ran a story by Kim Horner on June 23 about 500 Section 8 vouchers that haveContinue Reading