I toured the three devastated public housing developments in Galveston this week and what I saw sickened, depressed and angered me. The condition of the public housing developments in Galveston, almost three months after the flooding is a classic example of government incompetency. In a community that is struggling to rebuild, the condition of these [...]
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Analysis of HUD report on low scoring subsidized housing in Texas
October 12, 2008
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A total of 107 or 9.4 percent of HUD assisted housing apartment developments in Texas earned a very low score in the latest round of physical inspections. The HUD Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) physical inspection scores measure, among other things, the condition of a property’s common areas, units, and utility systems. The developments with [...]
Read moreSomething went terribly wrong at the Pleasant Village Apartments
August 5, 2008
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“This is a terrible place to live, and I just don’t know how to get out.” – a resident of the Pleasant Village Apartments in Dallas. Something awful happened at Dallas’ Pleasant Village Apartments last Wednesday. Here’s the chronology as reported in the Dallas Morning News. 10:30 p.m. Tuesday: A fight between girls at the [...]
Read moreFocusing on the big picture of housing assistance
August 4, 2008
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Let’s take a step back and focus on the big picture of housing assistance using this chart I have prepared based on data in a recent HUD research report. Since it is 107 degrees outside today I decided to stay in and read the latest HUD report and chart some of the data to get [...]
Read moreThe best (and worst) performing Texas public housing authorities according to HUD
July 2, 2008
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In the course of updating our databases of all the multifamily subsidized housing in Texas this week I manually extracted the public housing agency management scores from the HUD website for each Texas PHA. I thought some folks might be interested in the scores that HUD has assigned. [A note of caution: you have to [...]
Read moreFEMA and HUD: not who you would want to depend on to throw you a life preserver
June 4, 2008
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The House Financial Services Committee called HUD and FEMA to testify about when the lead federal agencies for hurricane relief are going to get the 2005 Hurricane survivors out of temporary and into permanent housing. The result: lots of agency mumbling and stammering. Listen to excerpts from the hearing in this NPR story. Also appalling is the failure of [...]
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- 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
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Bo’s housing news clips: National home foreclosures and Galveston housing woes are top stories in recent weeks
