Steve Sterquell, the one-time head of the now bankrupt Amarillo, Texas nonprofit affordable housing corporation American Housing Foundation, gave out nearly $370,000 to Texas elected officials over eight years according to the Amarillo Globe-News. This made Sterquell number 65 on the 2006 list of Texas campaign contributors according to Texans for Public Justice, a campaign [...]
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Archive | July 2, 2009
Why was the leader of a failed Texas housing nonprofit a major political contributor to Texas officials?
July 2, 2009
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Bo McCarver’s weekly housing news compilation – 6/30/2009
July 2, 2009
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Like a caboose on a wayward train, renters feel the brunt of the ongoing housing debacle. Their plights are largely undocumented by newspapers that cater to real estate advertisers and whose business stories feature flashy developments while glossing-over the grim truths of foreclosures. In Galveston, FEMA finally responded to Hurricane Ike and placed emergency trailers [...]
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Bo McCarver’s housing news clips for May
- Mitt Romney at private fundraiser: I might eliminate HUD – The Washington Post
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Bo’s housing news clips: Study finds zoning segregates lower-income students in lower-scoring schools.
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Texas LIHTC housing program rocked by second earthquake in two months
- Low-Income Housing Program Compels Building in Poor Texas Areas – NYTimes.com
