From Community Impact More than $909 million of federal funds was accepted by the Harris County Commissioners at a Jan. 29 meeting. The money will go to aid in the rebuilding and repair of homes damaged during Hurricane Harvey. Funds will also be dispersed to to...
From The Facts Brazoria County is continuing to deal with housing, labor and water problems. Gary Basinger, president and CEO of the Economic Development Alliance for Brazoria County, discussed these issues at a recent Associated Builders and Contractors Texas Gulf...
From Multi-Housing News Media and industry conversations are ripe with talk about the vast and rising need for middle-income and workforce housing. Our declaration, in opposition to the common narrative of middle-income housing projects, is that it can and does...
From Housing Wire Freddie Mac, which re-entered the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit market last year after nearly 10 years away, is partnering with RBC to provide more than $180 million for affordable rental housing. Freddie Mac announced Tuesday that it closed a...
From NAHB Now Addressing housing affordability concerns will be a top issue for NAHB in 2019 and we will be working with Congress and the administration to achieve this goal. Builders in the field report there is a strong demand for new homes but that prospective...
From Caller Times The Coastal Bend economy is described as "robust." Unemployment is the lowest in a decade at 4.3 percent. Corpus Christi added about 4,200 non-farm jobs, a growth of 2.2 percent from 2017, according to the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi...
From Novogradac The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program creates another type of affordable housing in which to invest–and investors like RAD, even though there have been hurdles. Most notably, RAD...
From NBCDFW Affordable housing is an issue in many North Texas cities. Results of a recent survey of Denton citizens confirms it's also a top concern for residents there. Affordable housing was one of the main needs highlighted in the annual National Citizen...
From ForbesThe nation’s public housing authorities are seeking closer links to health insurers and medical care providers to address social determinants of health.The Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA) says half of the nation’s public housing...
Nearly three out of four American households believe that the nation is suffering a housing affordability crisis, and a majority of respondents reported this is a problem at their local and state level as well, according to a new nationwide survey conducted on...
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