The Texas House Committee on Urban Affairs heard testimony on Tuesday night on HB 2909, a bill that would ban…
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Video: The risks of substandard manufactured homes for Texas families
Miriam Hernandez is a single mother who now lives in Mercedes, a small town in the Rio Grande Valley. But…
Update: Source of income protection reaches Texas Senate floor
Update 4/1: The Senate did not hear a third reading on CSSB 267 on Wednesday. The bill remains under consideration…
Anti-source of income protection bill scheduled for hearing tomorrow
The Texas Senate Committee on Business and Commerce will hear testimony on SB 267, a proposal by Sen. Charles Perry…
Video: The reality of unregulated property tax lending for one Rio Grande Valley family
In the video above, Josue Lopez describes what his family’s experience dealing with the property tax lending industry over the…
What’s next for source of income protection in Austin?
On Friday, a federal district judge rejected the Austin Apartment Association’s challenge to source of income protection in Austin. The…
Video: Texas Senate committee briefed on affordable housing issues
This week our co-director, John Henneberger, was asked to speak before the state Senate’s Committee on Intergovernmental Relations, to brief members…
Upcoming housing days at the Texas Legislature
Every other Thursday, our Housing Working Group meets at the Texas Capitol to discuss legislation and state issues related to…
Perry’s comment shows the importance of the #KeepHousingFair campaign
Yesterday, the National Low Income Housing Coalition and the National Fair Housing Alliance launched the #KeepHousingFair campaign. With less than…
Housing Working Group for 2015 legislative session kicks off
Video: TxLIHIS’ Kevin Jewell explains what the Housing Working Group is all about. Each legislative session, Texas Low Income Housing…
Don Jones, housing, homeless supporter, chief of staff for State Rep. Jose Melendez, passes away
The Quorum Report is reporting this sad news. Don was a proud veteran who cared deeply about the plight of…
2013 Texas Legislative Session Wrap Up
Here’s our wrap up of the major low-income housing issues in the 83rd regular session of the Texas legislature. TDHCA…
Senate Passes TDHCA Sunset
The Texas Senate passed out the TDHCA Sunset bill this afternoon. The bill voted out adopted the recommendations of the…
Rare Floor Fight on Model Subdivision Rules Bill
Last Week, HB 611, (Rep Guillen) died on the floor of the Texas house on a record vote. The bill…
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…
Hurricane Ike survivors testify at House Ways and Means
Shelly Batten and Tina Colunga drove up from Galveston yesterday to testify on HB 835. HB 835, by Representative Eiland, (and…
Lawmakers consider refunding money intended to help poor – Houston Chronicle
The Houston Chronicle is reporting on the issue we blogged yesterday. Here is an excerpt from the Chronicle’s story (behind…
TX Senate Finance Committee takes back money intended to help poor people pay for electricity
The Texas Legislature is debating what to do with the $850 million fund that helps Texans living near the poverty…
The Tale of Two Sequesters
You have a private plane and sequester is going to delay your flight plan? Don’t worry, Texas has your back.…
HUD Texas Sequester Letter
Below is a copy of the letter from HUD to Texas Governor Rick Perry regarding the impact of the sequester…
Rep. Anchia Files Bill Removing Legislative Letters from Housing Tax Credit Scoring
In a previous blog post here at Texas Housers, we presented an analysis showing that the letters written by Texas…
National Mortgage Settlement–Purpose Yet Unfulfilled
Sitting in the Texas General Revenue account is $125 million received as Texas' cash payment share of the National Mortgage…
$141M in Texas foreclosure settlement funds should be used to prevent more foreclosures
The Obama Administration and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced last week a $26 billion foreclosure settlement between the five biggest…
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…
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…
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…
John Henneberger Testimony at Urban Affairs on TDHCA Sunset
TxLIHIS co-director John Henneberger testified last week at the Texas House Urban Affairs Hearing on TDHCA’s Sunset process. His testimony,…
TDHCA Sunset Bill up in House Urban Affairs Wed
The Sunset Bills for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation will…