Podcast Episode 16: The House of Cards America Built
When the U.S. government designed postwar housing policy and subsidized massive developments and suburbs, it created a strong middle classContinue Reading
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July 6, 2017
Video: Texas Housers Houston co-director talks to New York Times about segregation
“It should not be the government’s role to dictate where people can and can’t live. People should always have aContinue Reading
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July 3, 2017
New York Times: Houston demonstrates how affordable housing programs perpetuate racial segregation
No politician has the right to tell families where to live – especially not because of their race or income. DoingContinue Reading
Looking for a place to live without “bullets flying through the property”
A University of Texas law professor and community leaders recently spoke with tenants at an apartment complex in Sunnyside, a historicallyContinue Reading
From the Houston Chronicle: Why Houston remains segregated
This piece ran in the Gray Matters section of the Houston Chronicle on February 16. Texas Housers Houston co-director Chrishelle PalayContinue Reading
Report: Did Texas reduce government-funded segregation in tax credit housing?
In 2013, the State of Texas changed its scoring criteria for applications for Low Income Housing Tax Credits, in response toContinue Reading
Sweeping federal investigation finds City of Houston’s housing segregation violates Civil Rights Act
Racial housing segregation in Houston is no accident. It is not voluntary on the part of Houstonians of color. It isContinue Reading
Video: 10 ways to invest in the forgotten America and rebuild rural communities post-election
I gave this speech at the Housing Assistance Council Rural Housing Conference in Washington, D.C. on November 30. Watch the fullContinue Reading
Video: Visualizing Houston’s housing segregation
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) launched a fair housing investigation after the CityContinue Reading
Spirit of East Austin forum invites neighbors to discuss development and inequality
On September 12, Austin residents and city leaders, including our co-director, John Henneberger, will gather to discuss the future ofContinue Reading
Watch our short documentary on housing and environmental injustice in Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi’s historic African-American neighborhoods of Hillcrest and Washington-Coles have endured decades of injustice: Redlining and housing segregation, industrialContinue Reading
Why Corpus Christi’s Northside neighborhoods matter
I moved to Corpus Christi in 2009 to study Environmental Science at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Moving from El Paso, IContinue Reading
The Atlantic investigates segregated housing in Beaumont
Atlantic writer Alana Semuels visited Texas earlier this month to report on fair housing issues. Semuels has extensively covered housing for the magazine,Continue Reading
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May 11, 2015
Place matters: New research on income mobility for low income families
A landmark new study by The Equality of Opportunity Project, a research collaboration between Harvard University and the University ofContinue Reading
Heather Way: Affordable housing must be a priority for economically segregated Texas
This column by Heather Way is reprinted with her permission. Way is a clinical professor of law and directs the Entrepreneurship and CommunityContinue Reading
Those who seek to limit Fair Housing law should be asked about Beaumont, Texas
Tomorrow, the Supreme Court of the United States takes up a case about housing discrimination in Dallas that has brought nationalContinue Reading