US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack either is poorly informed or being disingenuous about cuts the Obama Administration has proposed for rural housing. People living in rural areas are going to suffer big time. I sat down and wrote Secretary Vilsack a letter the other week telling him that his proposed budget cutting the [...]
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Tag Archives: Self-help housing
Habitat for Humanity now 8th largest US homebuilder
July 2, 2010
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the Wall Street Journal today reports in the wake of continued strong home production by the charity and the sharp drop off in private homebuilding, that Habitat is now the 8th largest US homebuilder. Despite a decline of 9 percent in donations from last year, Habitat closed 5,294 homes in 2009. A growing number of [...]
Read moreTen years of remarkable success: Texas Bootstrap Housing Program
June 5, 2009
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Ten years ago Senator Eddie Lucio (D-Brownsville) authored and passed legislation that has built hundreds of affordable homes in Texas, and has served as an example of what can be accomplished with inspiration, ingenuity, and modest state funding. Most importantly it shows us that successful affordable housing programs recognize the dreams and aspirations of the [...]
Read moreLet’s expand self-help housing across Texas
June 7, 2008
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Texas has several of the nation’s leading self-help housing nonprofits who have been tremendously successful in producing highly cost-efficient self-help housing. The state has recognized and supported the work of these self-help nonprofits through establishment of the Texas Bootstrap Self-Help Owner-Builder Loan program. Yet self-help homeownership production programs are only available in a handful of [...]
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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
