Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the Texas coast on August 25, 2017, and the Texas General Land Office (GLO) has spent the years since administering the state’s federal disaster recovery funds (CDBG-DR) for the storm. That work is now moving toward closeout....
On October 13, TAAHP filed formal comments with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on their proposed changes to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations. TAAHP also signed onto the...
On October 9, QAP Co-Chairs Karsten Lowe and Emily Abeln submitted TAAHP’s formal comments to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) on the official draft of the 2027 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP). The TDHCA Governing Board will vote on the...
House Bill 21 introduces major reforms to affordable housing finance in Texas, targeting abuses by out-of-area housing finance corporations. While supported in part by the Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers (TAAHP), the bill has raised concerns...
Rising insurance premiums are severely impacting affordable housing developers in Texas, including Blazer Building, which saw its insurance costs triple since 2020. Developers are being forced to scale back plans or sell properties, as insurance expenses outpace...
On March 17th, an editorial was released in the Dallas Morning News entitled "On Housing, Mayor Is Right On The Money." The article details Mayor Eric Johnson's testimony to the US Senate. On March 24th, a response was issued in the same publication. Read full...
Director Roger Arriaga responds to article in the Houston Chronicle, "Who’s cashing in big on Houston’s affordable housing system? Not the renters." (Read original article here.) "Regarding "Who’s cashing in big on Houston’s affordable housing system? Not the...
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