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HUD Announces Fair Housing Pilot Program in Collaboration with NCSHA
HUD Issues Proposed State Fair Housing Assessment Tool; Announces Fair Housing Pilot Program in Collaboration with NCSHA Posted: 9/29/2016 On September 28, HUD published for public comment an updated version of its proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing...
Preservation Versus New Construction
Why Not Both? | Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation (TSAHC) September 23, 2016 | by Michael Wilt Recent data leaves little doubt that Texas faces a shortage of affordable housing. The National Low Income Housing Coalition estimates the state needs...
Some Can’t Find New Homes as Demolition of Public Housing Nears
CORPUS CHRISTI — Jasmine Mosley has been living out of boxes for weeks. The cardboard towers threatening to take over her small living room remind her she is running out of time to find somewhere new to live. Mosley and her two-year-old son are among 122 families...
Federal Housing Agency Launches Probe
By Rebecca Elliott Photo: Houston Housing Authority Opponents of the Houston Housing Authority's mixed-income complex at 2640 Fountain View say the site is inappropriate for an affordable housing project. Mayor Sylvester Turner's opposition to a...
Texas Court Dismisses Disparate Impact Lawsuit
Filed in Home Building, Legal by NAHB Now on September 14, 2016 • 0 Comments A Texas court has dismissed a Fair Housing Act case, saying that the statistics that indicated “disparate impact” aren’t enough to prove that the housing authority’s policies are flawed. In...
Churchill Stateside Group Completes Tax Equity Funds to Finance over $390 Million in Solar Projects
Tax Equity financing for Renewable Energy Projects in North Carolina, Idaho and Oregon Clearwater, FL., September 08, 2016 -Churchill Stateside Group, LLC (CSG), a real estate and renewable energy financial services company, is pleased to announce the closing...
State Lawmakers Hold Hearing on Affordable Housing Strategies | KUT
State lawmakers are set to hear testimony this morning on how to address affordable housing needs throughout Texas. The House Committee on Urban Affairs will hear from experts on the state of the affordable housing market – which strategies are working, and where we...
Revitalizing Texas communities, bond by bond
Like any good opportunity, as soon as the boom begins, skeptics try to predict the bust. Despite economic factors such as the drop in oil prices, the Texas housing market has continued its momentum over the past several years. According to news outlets, the main...
SENATE HEARING ON THE ICP V. TDHCA SUIT
Inclusive Communities Project v. TDHCA Ruling (11:54) Chair Lucio laid out interim charge #5. Michael Lyttle, TDHCA, testified. Mr. Lyttle said the commissioner was not available due to his wife having surgery, but that Mr. Eccles was available from the OAG who...
Obama Signs Key Housing Legislation into Law on August 1, 2016
FROM NAHB: Filed in Capitol Hill, Multifamily Architectural details of modern apartment building.President Obama on July 29 signed into law legislation that includes many NAHB-supported bipartisan fixes to HUD programs. The Housing Opportunity Through Modernization...
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