As a whole, Texas has made some real progress toward equal opportunity and fair housing in the forty-six years since…
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Supreme Court agrees to hear State of Texas’ appeal of Inclusive Communities v. State of Texas
The United States Supreme Court agreed today to hear and appeal in Inclusive Communities Project v. Texas Department of Housing…
Texas housing tax credit fair housing case oral arguments before 5th Circuit Court include lively questions and answers
Yesterday’s oral arguments in the State of Texas’ appeal of the District Court’s ruling in the Inclusive Communities Project vs. Texas…
A better solution for energy assistance for Texas poor families is still possible
The Sierra Club has proposed a far better solution to the Texas Senate’s proposal to spend down and eliminate the…
Senate Passes TDHCA Sunset
The Texas Senate passed out the TDHCA Sunset bill this afternoon. The bill voted out adopted the recommendations of the…
TDHCA Sunset Heads to Senate
TXLIHIS Co-Director John Henneberger testified this week at the Intergovernmental Relations Committee hearing on the TDHCA Sunset bill. His testimony…
TX House gives each state representative power to choose or veto housing tax credit developments
An eleventh hour amendment to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) Sunset bill by a strong opponent…
House Amends TDHCA Sunset Bill
The Texas House yesterday debated HB3361, the bill to continue the functions of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs…
Texas LIHTC housing program rocked by second earthquake in two months
Reporter Karisa King’s full Texas housing story is out in the San Antonio Express News. It is a devastating expose…
Coalition of conservative activists’ calls for consolidation of TDHCA and TSAHC
In a reprise of a plan decisively rejected by the Texas Legislature last session, a coalition of conservative public policy…
Court rules Texas Housing Tax Credit program violates Fair Housing Act
This morning a federal court ruled in a case filed by a Dallas fair housing organization that the way the State…
New Texas state housing agency director discusses reorganization, relying on fewer, larger contractors
Tim Irvine, named executive director of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs just a couple of months ago,…
In Texas state government the tail wags the dog in affordable housing policy
A citizen might expect the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) Board of Directors to spend most of…
The Texas affordable housing problem made simple
The Texas affordable housing problem in three sentences: 1) The poorest Texans have the hardest time finding housing they can…
“Noodlng” and the resignation of Mike Gerber
In demonstration of the indifference of the Texas press to issues affecting the lives of the poor and the sorry…
Effect of Elected Official Letters on the 2011 LIHTC Round
Abstract: Letters written by Texas State Representatives and Senators regarding the development of low income housing in the state had…
Opportunity to tame public corruption lost in veto of TDHCA Sunset bill
When Texas Governor Rick Perry vetoed the TDHCA Sunset Bill a week or so ago one thing that was lost…
Conference committee strikes anti-NIMBY provisions from TDHCA legislation, continues agency 2 years
The Texas House/Senate Conference Committee on SB 1 has reached agreement to extend the life of the Texas Department of…
Report: Texas Efficiency Rent 90% of SSI Payments
“Priced Out,” a new report by the Technical Assistance Collaborative (TAC) and the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) shows…
Governor Perry switches agencies responsible for disaster recovery funds
Shakeups in the State’s troubled disaster recovery program continue. In the wake of the virtual elimination of the Governor’s designated…
Short term 2 year extension in works for Texas housing department
Well placed Capitol sources tell TxLIHIS that Governor Perry’s staff have indicated they will insist on only a short-term two-year…
Analysis: Governor Perry’s veto of Texas Department of Housing
On Friday Governor Perry vetoed the “Sunset Bill” for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) that would…
Governor Vetoes TDHCA Sunset Bill
Per the Governor’s Office: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME: Pursuant to Article IV, Section 14, of the…
Housing Tidbits and Round-up
Housing news crossing our desk that didn’t turn into full blog posts this week: TDHCA and TSHAC received $620k through…
State Rep Riddle says she wants no low-income housing in her district
To appreciate the fair housing problem in Texas just watch this video. Back in February, at a hearing on the…
TDHCA Sunset bill passes House and Senate
The TDHCA Sunset bill passed the Texas House and Senate last night. The final bill differed in several aspects from…
60 minutes on Texas Farmworkers
Last weekend 60 minutes ran a story on migrant youth farm labor. The story features a Texas family staying in…
TDHCA releases map of total affordable rental units by county
The Housing Resource Center at TDHCA has just released an interactive google map of the affordable rental units funded by…
Washington Post Focuses on Beaumont Housing Failure
Saturday’s Washington Post ran a story on a failed HOME development in Beaumont: BEAUMONT, Tex. — At the dusty intersection…
HUD Approves Phase I of Texas Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing
One of the conditions of the TxLIHIS – Texas Appleseed – State of Texas Fair Housing settlement on hurricane recovery…