The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) audit committee meets next week, and their meeting packet is up…
Tag: WAP
Checking in on the Weatherization Assistance Program
There were two recent updates, one federal and one local, on the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) program as funded under…
WAP Update
We’ve discussed the ARRA Weatherization Assistance Program a few times here at Texas Housers, focusing on perceived shortcomings creating local…
Two Documents From The Feds This Week
The Feds released two documents this week that are worth mentioning, at least in passing. First, the Obama Administration’s “housing…
AG rules that location of weatherization assistance program activities is secret
For the past few months we’ve had an open record request pending at TDHCA for a copy of their “Previously…
City of Houston weatherization jobs have not been in low-income communities
The 2009 Recovery Act increased the funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) in Texas by 2500%. This program funds…
Don’t bypass low income homeowners in weatherization program
The GAO recently issued its bimonthly report of activities funded by the Recovery Act (ARRA) in Texas, including a discussion…
Slow start to weatherization programs: Not just Texas
On Tuesday the Department of Energy’s Office of Inspector General added to the recent parade of commentary regarding the slow…
Weatherization–a slow start for Texas may not be all bad news
The Dallas Morning News ran a story Sunday (here) regarding Texas’s slow start to the Weatherization Assistance Program. The story…
Recovery Act Reporting Milestone
Last Friday was a major milestone in the extensive reporting requirements of the Recovery Act. Recovery.gov released the first round…
3 important policy questions for expanded $327m Texas Weatherization Assistance Program
Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) in Texas Another housing program expanded by the 2009 Recovery Act was the Weatherization Assistance Program…