Widespread destruction of low-income neighborhoods, toxic FEMA trailers, countless homes rotting, vulnerable populations such as the elderly left homeless or in permanent exile from their communities. These problems have, on occasion, won the media’s attention following recent natural disasters. Rarely has the media examined solutions to these problems. But this week, the Houston Chronicle did, [...]
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Tag Archives: Texas Grow Home
New designs for low income post-disaster housing in Texas
July 10, 2008
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Here is a little background on the Texas Grow Home project to bring you up-to-date. The Genesis of this project was in a Housing Texas meeting a few years back when everyone agreed that there should be an affordable single family home design competition. In the wake of Hurricane Rita we modified this original concept [...]
Read moreNational fixes for post disaster housing programs
June 13, 2008
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I have posted the testimony I presented to Congress regarding how the federal government can betterprovide long-term housing disaster assistance to low-income survivors in Texas. Here is a summary of what I suggested. Recommendations 1. Waive duplication of benefits prohibition A problem has emerged in the owner occupied rehabilitation program: “duplication of benefits” (DOB). Federal [...]
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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
