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		<title>Texas LIHTC housing program rocked by second earthquake in two months</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2012/04/22/texas-lihtc-housing-program-rocked-by-second-earthquake-in-two-months/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reporter Karisa King&#8217;s full Texas housing story is out in the San Antonio Express News. It is a devastating expose of the Texas Low Income Housing Tax Credit program. $9.7 billion in federal funds have been spent by the State of Texas that has on balance enhanced racial and ethnic segregation through the State&#8217;s administration [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5944&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Low-Income Housing Program Compels Building in Poor Texas Areas &#8211; NYTimes.com</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2012/04/21/low-income-housing-program-compels-building-in-poor-texas-areas-nytimes-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karisa King of the San Antonio Epress News has an incredibly researched and  very disturbing story in Sunday&#8217;s New York Times and Texas Tribune. The interactive maps are stunning at: http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/tax-credit-housing-locations/ Plans to build a low-income apartment complex for seniors in one of San Antonio’s most fashionable neighborhoods had been posted for barely a week in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5936&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coalition of conservative activists&#8217; calls for consolidation of TDHCA and TSAHC</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2012/03/21/coalition-of-conservative-activists-calls-for-consolidation-of-tdhca-and-tsahc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Housing policy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a reprise of a plan decisively rejected by the Texas Legislature last session, a coalition of conservative public policy advocacy and lobby groups, including the Texas Tea Party is once again calling for consolidation of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs with the nonprofit corporation, the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation (TSAHC). [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5867&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Court rules Texas Housing Tax Credit program violates Fair Housing Act</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2012/03/20/court-rules-texas-housing-tax-credit-program-violates-fair-housing-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fair housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inclusive Communities Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Low Income Housing Tax Credits]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning a federal court ruled in a case filed by a Dallas fair housing organization that the way the State of Texas administers the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program has a disparate racial impact, violating §§ 3604(a) and 3605(a) of the Fair Housing Act (Civil Rights Act of 1968). Judge Sidney Fitzwater, chief judge of the Federal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5854&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brian Potashnik to restart work outside TX new court filing says &#124; dallasnews.com Crime Blog</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2012/03/19/brian-potashnik-to-restart-work-outside-tx-new-court-filing-says-dallasnews-com-crime-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2012/03/19/brian-potashnik-to-restart-work-outside-tx-new-court-filing-says-dallasnews-com-crime-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dallas Morning News reporter Jason Trahan has blogged that a Texas low income housing tax credit developer at the center of the FBI sting that sent Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill to federal prison has petitioned the judge that he be allowed to travel to europe to engage in neighborhood redevelopment projects in Israel [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5839&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Austin American-Statesman: State should ask HNTB for a refund</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2012/03/15/austin-american-statesman-state-should-ask-hntb-for-a-refund/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Dolly]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following editorial is from an editorial in today&#8217;s Austin-American Statesman. A state disaster relief contract has itself been declared a disaster by federal auditors who recommend that Texas repay $9 million in overcharges collected by HNTB to administer disaster relief grants. Federal auditors found instances of overbilling by the company and poor oversight by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5827&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>State report: 29% of TX first round HUD disaster funds drawn down, 0% 2nd round</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2012/03/14/state-report-29-of-tx-first-round-hud-disaster-funds-drawn-down-0-2nd-round/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2012/03/14/state-report-29-of-tx-first-round-hud-disaster-funds-drawn-down-0-2nd-round/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disaster recovery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent stories in the Austin American-Statesman, the Texas Tribune and the New York Times have chronicled the slow pace of the Texas Hurricane Ike and Dolly disaster recovery program using federal funds. Let&#8217;s step back and look at a snapshot of the state&#8217;s entire disaster recovery effort to get some perspective. Here are the numbers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5798&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Latest data shows TX minimum wage earners can&#8217;t afford half the rent on a typical apartment</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2012/03/13/latest-data-shows-tx-minimum-wage-earners-cant-afford-half-the-rent-on-a-typical-apartment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[National Housing Trust Fund]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a national report released today, the Housing Wage for Texas is $15.88. The Housing Wage is the hourly wage a family must earn – working 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year – to be able to afford the rent and utilities for a safe and modest home in the private housing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5777&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Candidate for most outrageous quote of 2012: HNTB says Texas disaster recovery program is &#8220;on target and on budget&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2012/03/11/candidate-for-most-outrageous-quote-of-2012-hntb-says-texas-disaster-recovery-program-is-on-target-and-on-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Austin American Statesman reporter Brenda Bell has an amazing quote from HNTB in her story today about the HUD audit of the State of Texas Hurricane Ike and Dolly disaster recovery program. The HUD audit found that Texas improperly contracted with the engineering firm HNTB to manage hundreds of millions of dollars worth of hurricane recovery [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5764&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Audit Questions $8 Million Paid to HNTB — General Land Office &#124; The Texas Tribune</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2012/03/10/federal-audit-questions-8-million-paid-to-hntb-general-land-office-the-texas-tribune/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 05:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the second article in as many days, Texas Tribune reporter Becca Aaronson has disclosed a HUD inspector general&#8217;s report that says the State of Texas’ Ike-Dolly disaster recovery program, which is funded by the federal government, is facing a potential $8 million repayment of inflated fees paid to the private contractor hired by the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5757&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Amid Finger-Pointing, Hurricane Relief for Texans Lags &#8211; NYTimes.com</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2012/03/09/amid-finger-pointing-hurricane-relief-for-texans-lags-nytimes-com/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2012/03/09/amid-finger-pointing-hurricane-relief-for-texans-lags-nytimes-com/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NYT ran a story written by Texas Tribune reporter Becca Aaronson on the state of disaster recovery in Texas&#8230; Nearly four years after Hurricanes Ike and Dolly wreaked havoc on the Texas coast, thousands of Texans are still waiting for housing assistance. The long-term disaster recovery effort financed by the federal government has made little [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5748&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More Texas kids live in concentrated poverty than in any other state</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2012/02/23/more-texas-kids-live-in-concentrated-poverty-than-in-any-other-state/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Annie E. Casey Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing segregation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty in the United States]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What does it mean to a child to grow up in a neighborhood where poverty is concentrated? That is a question that Texas children are uniquely able to answer. More Texas children live in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty that any other state – 1,120,000 Texas children according to a report issued today by the Annie [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5683&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Texas state housing agency director discusses reorganization, relying on fewer, larger contractors</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2012/02/22/new-texas-state-housing-agency-director-discusses-reorganization-new-relationship-with-contractors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tim Irvine, named executive director of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs just a couple of months ago, announced at last week&#8217;s board meeting a major staff reorganization and a new relationship with housing providers. Irvine announced the department will seek to work with larger, more administratively capable contractors to carry out the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5662&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>$141M in Texas foreclosure settlement funds should be used to prevent more foreclosures</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2012/02/20/141m-in-texas-foreclosure-settlement-funds-should-be-used-to-prevent-more-foreclosures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreclosure crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home foreclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas Legislature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama Administration and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced last week a $26 billion foreclosure settlement between the five biggest banks and federal and state officials. I&#8217;m not taking a position on the merits of the settlement. I am worried about how the State of Texas will spend the funds it receives. Part of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5649&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HUD plays Grinch with its poorest tenants</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2012/02/17/hud-plays-grinch-with-its-poorest-tenants/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2012/02/17/hud-plays-grinch-with-its-poorest-tenants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HUD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Section 8 (housing)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Temporary Assistance for Needy Families]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A single mother with two children in Texas is potentially eligible to receive $260 per month from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). She might be able to get Food Stamps to help feed the kids. But the $260 per month has to cover the other living expenses. There is basically no option except to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5624&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Texas state government the tail wags the dog in affordable housing policy</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2012/02/16/in-texas-state-government-the-tail-wags-the-dog-in-affordable-housing-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2012/02/16/in-texas-state-government-the-tail-wags-the-dog-in-affordable-housing-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Low Income Housing Tax Credit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TDHCA Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A citizen might expect the  Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) Board of Directors to spend most of their time developing an effective state housing policy or working to make sure the State uses the funds wisely to help house the poor. Citizens would be wrong. The TDHCA board  has for years spent [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5614&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Texas affordable housing problem made simple</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2012/02/16/the-texas-affordable-housing-problem-made-simple/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2012/02/16/the-texas-affordable-housing-problem-made-simple/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing need]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Texas affordable housing problem in three sentences: 1) The poorest Texans have the hardest time finding housing they can afford. 2) The poorest Texans pay way too much for housing than they can afford. 3) Texas government spends most of the funds it has to build housing that is not affordable to the poor [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5606&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New study shows 3 in 4 poor Texas families spend more than half of income for rent</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2012/02/15/new-study-shows-3-in-4-poor-texas-families-spend-more-than-half-of-income-for-rent/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2012/02/15/new-study-shows-3-in-4-poor-texas-families-spend-more-than-half-of-income-for-rent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affordable housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing need]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas housing affordability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brace yourself for more bad news about the crisis in affordable rental housing for the poor in Texas. This study shows Texas 7th worst among the 50 states in availability of affordable rental housing for extremely low income households. As a result more than 3 in 4 of the poorest families in Texas pay more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5601&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Ike and Dolly home reconstruction drags on at unacceptable rates</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2012/02/13/hurricane-ike-and-dolly-home-reconstruction-drags-on-at-unacceptable-rates/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2012/02/13/hurricane-ike-and-dolly-home-reconstruction-drags-on-at-unacceptable-rates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Dolly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Ike]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a State of Texas report covering the period through January 31 2012, only 38 percent of houses destroyed by Hurricanes Ike and Dolly and contracted to be repaired by local governments have been completed. A second, far larger round of Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery funded home repair contracts are expected to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5587&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dallas fumbles in the absence of a housing policy</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2012/01/18/dallas-fumbles-in-the-absence-of-a-housing-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2012/01/18/dallas-fumbles-in-the-absence-of-a-housing-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dallas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing segregation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Housing segregation is a problem most Texas communities struggle with. Crippled by a lack of political courage and leadership no city seems to struggle more than Dallas, often with serious consequences. The Dallas Morning News (DMN) ran a front page story Sunday about a dispute between the backers of two proposed Low Income Housing Tax [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5552&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fewer than 500 Texas homes repaired in three years since Hurricane Ike</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2011/09/15/fewer-than-500-texas-homes-repaired-in-three-years-since-hurricane-ike/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2011/09/15/fewer-than-500-texas-homes-repaired-in-three-years-since-hurricane-ike/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Ike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane rebuilding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Official figures from the State of Texas show that fewer than 500 homes have been repaired or rebuilt under the State of Texas Hurricane Ike/Dolly disaster recovery program as of this week, the 3rd anniversary of Hurricane Ike. A minimum of $1.7 billion in available federal funds provided to the state are aside for housing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5475&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Protesters say city slow to repair Ike-damaged houses &#8211; Houston Chronicle</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2011/09/13/protesters-say-city-slow-to-repair-ike-damaged-houses-houston-chronicle/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2011/09/13/protesters-say-city-slow-to-repair-ike-damaged-houses-houston-chronicle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 02:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[State issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Ike]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bearing photos of homes that still have blue tarps on the roofs, more than 100 protesters held a rally at City Hall on the third anniversary of Hurricane Ike on Tuesday and pleaded with the City Council to accelerate its repair program. &#8220;I&#8217;m tired of the city telling me to be patient,&#8221; said Elvis Malveaux at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5463&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Three Years After Ike, Many Still Await Assistance &#124; Public News Service</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2011/09/13/three-years-after-ike-many-still-await-assistance-public-news-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; Today marks the third anniversary of Hurricane Ike, and many low-income Texans, particularly in the Houston area, have yet to recover from its devastation. Hundreds of affected residents plan to converge on City Hall today, carrying symbolic blue tarps and photos of unrepaired homes, charging that the city has neglected them while [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5455&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>September 13, 2011 is the three year anniversary of Hurricane Ike</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2011/09/12/september-13-2011-is-the-three-year-anniversary-of-hurricane-ike/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 01:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please take a few moments to consider the plight of the tens of thousands of elderly and disabled Texans who are still waiting for help to repair their homes. Some tell their stories in this video produced a year ago for TxLIHIS by former staffer Melissa Cha. The people in the video are still waiting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5442&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Houston experiences largest growth of poor population in American metros</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2011/08/05/houston-experiences-largest-growth-of-poor-population-in-american-metros/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Other central cities that saw populations of the poor soar between 2000 and 2007 included Dallas, Phoenix, Indianapolis, Columbus, San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth, and El Paso. These are the observations of Rolf Pendall, PhD, Director of the Metropolitan Housing &#38; Communities Policy Center at the Urban Institute, writing in the blog MetroTrends. The biggest single [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5418&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Texas border building codes: a mostly meaningless and bizarre law</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2011/08/03/texas-border-building-codes-a-mostly-meaningless-and-bazaar-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been looking into the powers that border counties have to enforce health and safety standards through requiring building permits and inspections of residential homes. In Subchapter F, of Chapter 233 of the Government Code, the Texas Legislature enacted what mist be one of the most meaningless and bazaar construction requirements to be found [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5396&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why are mortgage closing costs in Texas the second highest in the US?</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2011/07/22/why-are-mortgage-closing-costs-in-texas-the-second-highest-in-the-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Bankrate.com survey of home mortgage closing costs finds Texas has the second highest closing costs among the states. New York state has the highest. Researchers requested a good faith estimate for a $200,000 loan, assuming a 20 percent down payment and good credit. The result in Texas was origination fees of $1,951 and title and closing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5327&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where Texas border housing and community development issues stand after the legislative session</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2011/07/17/after-the-legislature-where-texas-border-housing-and-community-development-issues-stand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Disaster recovery]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Dolly]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week I spoke to the National Association of Latino Community Asset Builders about developments during the last session of the Texas Legislature that impacted colonias. These are my prepared remarks. The situation faced by those of us who work on affordable housing and community development issues along the Texas Mexico border can be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5253&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HUD pointedly directs Galveston to rebuild its public housing</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2011/07/15/hud-pointedly-directs-galveston-to-rebuild-its-public-housing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fair housing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an unusual joint letter to Galveston Mayor Joe Jaworski, three top HUD leaders told Galveston to move forward to rebuild public housing destroyed by Hurricane Ike or face the loss of federal funding. The July 13, 2011 letter was signed by Mercedes Marquez, HUD Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, John Trasvina, HUD Assistant Secretary for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5210&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>TX Tribune story may lead to a misdiagnosis of colonia conditions and health problems</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2011/07/10/tx-tribune-story-may-lead-to-a-misdiagnosis-about-colonia-conditions-and-health-problems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second of a two-part Texas Tribune story on the colonias that ran today on the Tribune&#8217;s website and in the New York Times has me worried. Reporter Emily Ramshaw illuminates the terrible health problems faced by colonia residents. Unfortunately, the story also is likely to leave many in the dark. The story does not make [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5176&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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