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What the State of Texas must do to fix the Hurricane rebuilding plan (and...

People have asked me what we want from the Texas CDBG Disaster Rebuilding Plan that we have criticized and that HUD has asked the Governor to revise. The complete answer lies in the extensive comments...

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First homes complete, Texas Grow Home Project website launched

The first two Texas Grow Homes in Port Arthur have been completed by Houston-based CDC Covenant Neighborhoods and the new homeowners have moved in, just in time for Thanksgiving. Thanks to the Texas...

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Sunset Followup

The Sunset Commission met on Tuesday of this week to take public comment on the Sunset Staff Report on TDHCA.  The public testimony generally reflected the written comments submitted prior to the...

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Join us for the 2010 Texas (Fair) Housing Awards

“Let us be dissatisfied until the tragic walls that separate the outer city of wealth and comfort from the inner city of poverty and despair shall be crushed by the battering rams of the forces of...

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Meet Elizabeth, the Texas Tenant Advisor, and the Texas Housing Counselor

This blog post is by Elizabeth Nowrouz. Hello all, allow me to introduce myself. I’m Elizabeth Nowrouz, and I’m one of the Americorps members serving at Texas Low Income Housing Information Service....

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Recap of Sunset Commission Recommendations for TDHCA

Last week the Texas sunset commission adopted its final recommendations regarding the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA).  Burying its lead, the final recommendation adopted was...

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Houston TOP Bus Tour

This blog post is by Elizabeth Nowrouz. In late November, Melissa Cha and I traveled to Houston to gain a little perspective into the issues of disaster relief and home repair as they impact the city’s...

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Observer Article on Disaster Recovery

  “We had an expensive and painful learning process under Rita, and we didn’t apply those lessons to Ike and Dolly,” says Henneberger. The Texas Observer is running a cover story which outlines the...

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John Henneberger Testimony at Senate Finance on TDHCA Budget

TxLIHIS co-director John Henneberger testified last week at the Senate Finance Hearing on TDHCA’s budget and Disaster Recovery funding in Texas. His testimony is available below via Youtube.  

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Manufactured homes, mobile homes, and trailers, oh my!

While many readers were tracking the exciting housing bills popping in the mad-end-of-bill-filing rush in the Texas Legislature last week, I was in DC attending the Manufactured Housing Consensus...

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Increasing Minimum Entry Door Width in Manufactured Housing

TxLIHIS recently submitted Comments to the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC), a federal advisory committee to HUD on the regulation of manufactured housing, regarding its review of the...

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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, as well as the introduction of the TDHCA Sunset Bill by Rep....

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Chronicle on Houston Disaster Recovery Repair

Saturday’s Houston Chronicle ran a short story on the status of the single-family housing repair program funded with Hurricane Ike disaster relief.  The full story quotes TxLIHIS Co-Director John...

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Hurricane Disaster Spending–an opportunity to repair homes *and* create jobs...

Texas Low Income Housing Information Service is working with residents in Galveston, Houston and the Valley to make sure that under-employed and unemployed Texans get as much work as possible from the...

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Video of Houston Disaster Recovery Town Hall

Last week we highlighted a town hall on Disaster Single Family Home Repair in Houston, hosted by the Texas Organizing Project. Mayor Annise Parker spoke at that event, as did Congresswoman Sheila...

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Find subsidized housing with our custom search tool – Texas Housing Counselor

The Texas Housing Counselor is a website of the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service. It is an interactive search tool which automatically estimates the your rent for subsidized housing...

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Learn how to resolve a dispute with your landlord

The Texas Tenant Advisor developed by Texas Low Income Housing Information Service and Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid attorney Robert Doggett helps tenants know their rights under Texas law so they can...

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Excuse the inconvenience, we are merging our blog and website

Please excuse the the empty pages and strange links on our blog site texashousiners.net. We are merging our several web sites with our blog. The process will (hopefully) be complete in a few weeks and...

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Great new research tool: ESRI’s Community Analyst mapping site

I’m not given to promoting commercial products on this blog, but I’m going to make an exception for the new on-line mapping tool by Esri called Community Analyst. I am excited about this planning and...

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Houser Awards to be presented to five Texas housing leaders tomorrow

The Texas Houser Awards are tomorrow at noon at the Zilker Park Clubhouse in Austin. This year’s awards are to: Daniel Esparza, legislative aide to Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. Frances Ferguson &...

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