Although only 24 years old, Josué Ramírez has taken on a leading role in working with grassroots community leaders to solve one of our nation’s biggest housing and poverty challenges — the impoverished colonias of the Texas-Mexico border region. Josué is a policy analyst for Texas Low Income Housing Information Service working out of our new […]
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Job announcement: Rio Grande Valley based housing policy analyst – planner – advocate – community outreach specialist
December 13, 2012 
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Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Job Announcement Policy Analyst – Planner – Advocate – Outreach Qualifications: This full-time position is based in the Rio Grande Valley.We will consider also part-time applicants with exceptional qualifications and independent contractors. We prefer applicants with experience working in low-income communities and neighborhood based citizen groups, housing policy, community […]
Read more Colonia improvements still leave the poor in deplorable housing
July 31, 2011 Comments Off
Colonias in the Rio Grande Valley are home to some of the poorest Texans. Governmental efforts to improve living conditions in colonias has mostly been limited to two programs: providing water, sewer and roads to more than half of the colonias and forcing land developers to adhere to “model subdivision rules.” Model subdivision rules require […]
Read more What really impedes progress in Texas colonias?
July 8, 2011 1 Comment
A story in today’s Texas Tribune and the Texas edition of the New York Times presents a sad and confused picture of the problems facing impoverished colonia homeowners. Amid a number of self-congratulatory statements from well-meaning government officials here is one that stands out, ”…being in public service, you have to learn the system, and be patient.” […]
Read more I woke last night to the sound of thunder
June 23, 2011 Comments Off
As other parts of the state literally burn and the Governor calls on Texans to implement a critical part of his disaster response program, prayer for rain, here in the Valley rain clouds are rolling in. As I’ve been writing this post, the lights in my downtown Edinburg office have gone out, interrupting my work. The city streets flood terribly with even ordinary rainstorms like today’s, but colonias have it much worse.
Read more Hurricane Disaster Spending–an opportunity to repair homes *and* create jobs in affected communities
May 27, 2011 Comments Off
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 Hurricane Recovery dollars. Section 3 says that when HUD dollars are spent on housing or infrastructure projects and low-income people in the affected […]
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