More than 48 inches of rain inundated Beaumont after Hurricane Harvey struck last August, and the deluge impacted people across the area, across the income spectrum and of all races and ethnicities. The disaster response, […]
An editorial appears in Sunday’s New York Times on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act. The editorial is a powerful indictment of the failure of the federal government to enforce […]
Envision communities where any family, regardless of income or race, can find a safe neighborhood close to good schools and decent jobs. Imagine communities where every person matters and public officials use public funds available […]
Citing increased administrative burden, potential confusion among voucher participants and budgetary limitations, the San Antonio Housing Authority is applying for a waiver from HUD to allow the agency to delay implementation of Small Area Fair […]
Clarksville is a fading west Austin freedman’s community that can teach valuable lessons of the community struggle against the three traditional forces that undermine racial residential equity: Jim Crow segregation, government racism and gentrification. The […]
Douglas Rice has posted a blog that estimates the impact President Trump’s budget on affordable housing in each state. In Texas President Trump’s budget would: cut 13,599 Texas Section 8 Vouchers; reduce funding for Texas […]
Clinton McNair is on a mission. Five months after Hurricane Harvey battered Texas’ Golden Triangle, the community navigator and Beaumont native is looking for displaced survivors who have fallen through the cracks of the recovery […]
