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Study finds wealthy homeowners benefit from federal housing programs far more than low-income people

  • by Christina Rosales
  • Posted on October 12, 2017October 12, 2017
  • National issues

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 […]

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Estimates of housing voucher cuts for each Texas city under President’s budget

  • by John Henneberger
  • Posted on March 17, 2017March 20, 2017
  • Local issues

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) […]

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Suit filed to overturn Texas prohibition on source of income protection for voucher holders

  • by John Henneberger
  • Posted on February 17, 2017February 22, 2017
  • State issues

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 […]

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Proposed program change would provide voucher holders with greater choice, opportunity

  • by John Henneberger
  • Posted on June 17, 2016June 22, 2016
  • National issues

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 […]

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Affordable housing opponents use Section 8 as a slur in wealthy Dallas suburb

  • by Will Livesley-O'Neill
  • Posted on October 6, 2015October 6, 2015
  • Local issues

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 […]

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In their own words: Some Harris County residents incensed over proposed low income housing for seniors

  • by Will Livesley-O'Neill
  • Posted on August 4, 2015August 4, 2015
  • Local issues

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 […]

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Texas Senate Committee passes bill to prohibit source of income protection – exempts Austin

  • by John Henneberger
  • Posted on March 17, 2015March 19, 2015
  • State issues

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 […]

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On a recent trip to San Diego, our research director Charlie Duncan spotted some powerful street art in a community facing gentrification and environmental injustice.
I'm anticipating big new #FairHousing enforcement actions in Houston after today's meeting of fair housing enforcement experts Daniel Bustamante, Bill Tisdale and Fred Freiberg
TxLIHIS Rio Grande Valley co-director Josué Ramírez and ARISE organizer Andrea Landeros give a presentation on our drainage campaign to the Sierra Club's mixer in McAllen last night
Chrishelle Palay @texashousers is talking about #FairHousing problems facing Houston at Rice Kinder Institute event
Veteran community organizer Lourdes Zamarron shares pointers with @TexasHousers organizer Ezenachi Rasidi
Josué speaks to LUCHA leaders at a monthly training. Supporting people to engage in the democratic process to address neighborhood inequality is our most important and proudest job.
How do apartments like this, with terrible sewage problems, pass Section 8 inspections in Houston and receive $900+ in monthly government rent subsidy?
Why is it that 8 1/2 years after Hurricane Ike almost all the rebuilding projects are finally complete... except for rebuilding the public housing in Galveston? Do you think it could have something to do who the people are who depend on public housing and the prejudice against them by the people in charge of the recovery? I do.
When I'm talking to my co-workers and I look up and see this, I gotta figure I'm not exactly grabbing their attention.
Juanita Valdez-Cox and our friends at LUPE host a Congressional delegation looking into immigration and border wall issues.

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