Pop quiz: What is the largest federally-subsidized housing program in the United States? Hint: It’s not Section 8 housing choice vouchers or funding for public housing complexes. It’s the mortgage interest deduction, the tax subsidy […]
Thanks to research by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, we can now see the effects that President Trump’s proposed 2018 cuts to the budget of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) […]
In Texas, there is a law formally protecting landlord discrimination against people with housing vouchers, most of whom are African-American. A lawsuit filed Thursday in the United States District Court, Northern District of Texas seeks to overturn that 2015 Texas […]
A proposed rule change for the use of federal Housing Choice Vouchers would greatly improve the chance that housing vouchers will do what they are supposed to do: Provide low income families with a choice in where they want to […]
In recent months, some residents of the Dallas area have made it explicitly clear that “Section 8 housing” is often used as an epithet against low income people of color. In June, police mistreatment of […]
Illustration of Retreat at Westlock from Harris County Housing Authority website The Harris County Housing Authority (HCHA) has proposed a new development, Retreat at Westlock, that would offer 140 units for seniors aged 62 and […]
This morning the Texas Senate Business and Commerce Committee voted to recommend passage of SB 267, a bill that prevents Texas cities from enacting amendments to local fair housing laws to protect renters from discrimination […]
