The Community Affairs Offices of the Federal Reserve System and the Brookings Institution have issued a report, “The Enduring Challenge of Concentrated Poverty in America: Case Studies from Communities Across the U.S.” that profiles 16 high poverty communities in the US, including two in Texas. The two Texas poverty communities profiled are East Austin and [...]
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Tag Archives: Texas housing studies
Poverty comes to the Texas suburbs
August 9, 2008
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Wednesday’s blog post about the persistence of ghettos in Texas cities led me to do a little more research about the spacial dynamics of poverty in Texas urban areas. It is critical that these dynamics be considered in decisions about where to locate new subsidized housing developments. Fortunately, Texas is home of one of the [...]
Read moreTxLIHIS testimony on Senate housing studies
June 5, 2008
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In an earlier post I listed the various studies related to housing being conducted by Texas Senate Committees during the interim between legislative sessions. I testified at several of the hearings conducted by the Texas Senate Intergovernmental Relations Committee. Below are links to download my testimony… Intergovernmental Relations Committee Study and make recommendations on Texas’ [...]
Read moreTexas House of Representatives studies housing
June 3, 2008
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Two days ago I posted the interim studies being conducted on housing by the Texas Senate. Let’s expand that list of studies by including the ongoing hearings being held by three committees in the Texas House of Representatives. The House Committee on Urban Affairs will conduct hearings on interim charges 1, 3, 4 and 5 (see below) this Thursday [...]
Read moreTX Senate studies housing
June 1, 2008
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In the previous post Karen Paup brought up the inclusionary zoning issue at the Texas Legislature. I pointed out that there was an interim study underway in the Senate that was looking into the current state ban on inclusionary zoning. There are a number of other interesting housing and community development issues that are also being studied by [...]
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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
