“It should not be the government’s role to dictate where people can and can’t live. People should always have aContinue Reading
No politician has the right to tell families where to live – especially not because of their race or income. DoingContinue Reading
A University of Texas law professor and community leaders recently spoke with tenants at an apartment complex in Sunnyside, a historicallyContinue Reading
This piece ran in the Gray Matters section of the Houston Chronicle on February 16. Texas Housers Houston co-director Chrishelle PalayContinue Reading
In 2013, the State of Texas changed its scoring criteria for applications for Low Income Housing Tax Credits, in response toContinue Reading
Racial housing segregation in Houston is no accident. It is not voluntary on the part of Houstonians of color. It isContinue Reading
I gave this speech at the Housing Assistance Council Rural Housing Conference in Washington, D.C. on November 30. Watch the fullContinue Reading
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) launched a fair housing investigation after the CityContinue Reading
On September 12, Austin residents and city leaders, including our co-director, John Henneberger, will gather to discuss the future ofContinue Reading
Corpus Christi’s historic African-American neighborhoods of Hillcrest and Washington-Coles have endured decades of injustice: Redlining and housing segregation, industrialContinue Reading
I moved to Corpus Christi in 2009 to study Environmental Science at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Moving from El Paso, IContinue Reading
Atlantic writer Alana Semuels visited Texas earlier this month to report on fair housing issues. Semuels has extensively covered housing for the magazine,Continue Reading
A landmark new study by The Equality of Opportunity Project, a research collaboration between Harvard University and the University ofContinue Reading
This column by Heather Way is reprinted with her permission. Way is a clinical professor of law and directs the Entrepreneurship and CommunityContinue Reading
Tomorrow, the Supreme Court of the United States takes up a case about housing discrimination in Dallas that has brought nationalContinue Reading