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A Little Louder Video Buzz Session #3: Treasury must clarify plan for recapturing Emergency Rent Assistance funds

A Little Louder, Local issues, National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted March 29, 2022

The US Treasury Department oversees state and local government expenditures of federal Emergency Rent Assistance funds. Texas Housers has discovered…

Tags: buzz session, emergency rent assistance, evictions, Texas, unexpended funds, US Treasury Department

Texas cities and counties may lose up to $103M in emergency rent relief if they fail to act before March 31

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted March 4, 2022

Texas Housers issues an urgent plea to government officials in certain Texas cities and counties to act immediately before they…

Tags: emergency rent assistance, evictions, Housing news, rent relief, Texas

A Little Louder Video Buzz Session 1: Texas eviction crisis update

A Little Louder, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted February 24, 2022

Texas Housers’ co-director John Henneberger is joined by senior researcher Ben Martin in a new vlog to talk about the…

Tags: Ben Martin, buzz session, eviction rates, evictions, Texas, Texas eviction crisis, Texas Housers

Lawsuit by four Texas renters says State of Texas, HUD discriminate on race in Hurricane Harvey aid

Harvey Recovery•by John Henneberger•Posted October 14, 2019

Four South Texas renters filed a civil rights lawsuit last week in federal court alleging HUD and the State of…

Tags: Disaster housing rebuilding, Fair housing, GLO, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane rebuilding, Hurricane recovery, State Action Plan, Substandard apartments, Texas, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

Texas Housers calls on state to amend Harvey recovery action plan to be more equitable and inclusive

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted May 3, 2018

The state must commit to an equitable, inclusive plan that will make new and repaired housing affordable to Texans with…

Tags: FEMA, GLO, Housing, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane recovery, State Action Plan, Texas

Houston coalition for equitable recovery advocates more resources for low-income survivors in comments to Texas officials

Harvey Recovery, Local issues, State issues•by •Posted February 19, 2018

A Houston-based coalition advocating an equitable recovery for vulnerable survivors of Hurricane Harvey is calling on the State of Texas…

Tags: GLO, Houston, Hurricane recovery, State Action Plan, Texas

Texas Housers, Inclusive Communities Project talk to Lubbock community about fair housing and neighborhood inequality

Local issues•by •Posted February 12, 2018

The consequences of Jim Crow segregation common across the South still linger in Lubbock, where neighborhoods remain segregated and face…

Tags: community development, Fair housing, Lubbock, Neighborhood inequality, Texas

The State of Texas must pay special attention to civil rights when it carries out disaster recovery plans

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted February 9, 2018

The state’s draft action plan for spending $57.8 million in federal disaster recovery funds was released on Jan. 18. The Texas General…

Tags: Disaster recovery, GLO, Hurricane, Hurricane recovery, State Action Plan, Texas

Is the state’s rapid home repair program an effective use of federal disaster recovery funds?

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted February 1, 2018

The state’s draft action plan for spending $57.8 million in federal disaster recovery funds was released on Jan. 18. The Texas General…

Tags: GLO, home repair, Hurricane Harvey, State Action Plan, Texas

Is the State of Texas justly assessing infrastructure rebuilding needs after Hurricane Harvey?

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted January 29, 2018

The state’s draft action plan for spending $57.8 million in federal disaster recovery funds was released on Jan. 18. The Texas General…

Tags: Hurricane rebuilding, Hurricane recovery, Infrastructure, State Action Plan, Texas

Tracking Harvey Recovery: Latest analysis highlights unmet needs, urges more data transparency

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by •Posted January 19, 2018

Point of Clarification: FEMA has since clarified that inspections are not ordered for all valid registrations received. Some of these…

Tags: FEMA, GLO, HUD, Hurricane rebuilding, Hurricane recovery, Texas

A big first step, yet questions remain as HUD announces $5 billion in federal disaster funds for Texas

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 17, 2017

(Editor’s note — This statement has been altered to incorporate the voice of our partner, Texas Appleseed) Meanwhile the White…

Tags: CDBG-DR, HUD, Hurricane Harvey, Texas

It’s increasingly difficult for low-income people to find an affordable home

National issues, State issues, Studies•by •Posted October 26, 2017

The sharp rise in demand for apartment homes and ever-increasing rents have left very low-income households with  few options for…

Tags: Affordable housing, housing choice voucher, Low income housing, Rental housing, Texas

Lessons from past disaster recovery can inform the road ahead post-Harvey

State issues•by •Posted August 29, 2017

The job ahead in Hurricane Harvey recovery from Texas Housers on Vimeo. The National Weather Service called the flooding from…

Tags: Disaster recovery, Houston, Hurricane Harvey, John Henneberger, Texas

Estimates of housing voucher cuts for each Texas city under President’s budget

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted March 17, 2017

Thanks to research by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, we can now see the effects that President Trump’s proposed…

Tags: housing choice vouchers, public housing, Public housing authorities, Section 8, Texas

Texas 7th, Houston 3rd worst nationally among states, cities in housing affordability for poor

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted March 4, 2017

For many years Texans have consoled ourselves that while our state had a disproportionate number of families with extremely low incomes, at least…

Tags: Housing crisis, housing need, Houston, Texas, Texas housing affordability

Texas cities lead nation in economic segregation

National issues, State issues•by •Posted February 24, 2015

On the heels of a recent study that ranked Austin as the eighth most gentrifying city in the nation, a…

Tags: economic segregation, income inequality, racial segregation, Texas

#KeepHousingFair rally kicks off crucial Supreme Court case

National issues•by •Posted January 21, 2015

For more on the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. case, see our previous posts.…

Tags: #keephousingfair, Dallas, Disparate impact, Fair housing, Fair Housing Act, inclusive communities, supreme court, Texas

Housing Working Group for 2015 legislative session kicks off

Uncategorized•by •Posted January 9, 2015

Video: TxLIHIS’ Kevin Jewell explains what the Housing Working Group is all about. Each legislative session, Texas Low Income Housing…

Tags: Fair housing, legislative session, legislature, Texas

Why are mortgage closing costs in Texas the second highest in the US?

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 22, 2011

A Bankrate.com survey of home mortgage closing costs finds Texas has the second highest closing costs among the states. New York…

Tags: Mortgage loan, Texas

Report: Texas Efficiency Rent 90% of SSI Payments

State issues•by •Posted June 21, 2011

“Priced Out,” a new report by the Technical Assistance Collaborative (TAC) and the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) shows…

Tags: Austin, Report, SLHIP, SSI, TDHCA, Texas

Analysis: Governor Perry’s veto of Texas Department of Housing

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 19, 2011

On Friday Governor Perry vetoed the “Sunset Bill” for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) that would…

Tags: Emergency management, Governor Rick Perry, Hurricane Dolly, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding, Low Income Housing Tax Credit, Michael F. Gerber, Mike Gerber, Special Session, TDHCA, TDRA, Texas, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Texas Legislature, Texas Sunset Advisory Commission, Vetoes

Valley Tops List of Housing Cost Growth

National issues, State issues•by •Posted May 6, 2011

This week the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released “Out Of Reach,” a side-by-side comparison of wages and rents…

Tags: Housing Wage, Out of Reach, Renters, Texas
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