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...
View ArticleFirst 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...
View ArticleSunset 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...
View ArticleJoin 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...
View ArticleMeet 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....
View ArticleRecap 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...
View ArticleHouston 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...
View ArticleObserver 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...
View ArticleJohn 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.
View ArticleManufactured 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...
View ArticleIncreasing 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...
View ArticleJohn 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....
View ArticleChronicle 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...
View ArticleHurricane 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...
View ArticleVideo 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...
View ArticleFind 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...
View ArticleLearn 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...
View ArticleExcuse 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...
View ArticleGreat 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...
View ArticleHouser 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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