Blogs about: Colonias
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Brownsville CDC director discusses recent changes in border low-income housing and colonias
Homebuyers buying new houses through a CDC in Brownsville, Texas have an average income of $19,000. Low-income border families, who a decade ago would have bought lots and built homes through their ow… more →
Texas housers
Benevolent Invasions
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anexamen wrote 6 days ago: It is quite possible that this hypocrisy is unconscious in most of you. Intellectually, you are read … more →
Multi-Layered Approach
bobdecker wrote 7 months ago: Multi-Layered Approach Paper Houses tries to use multi-layered approaches to problems. We seldom foc … more →
The Colonias
bobdecker wrote 7 months ago: Thousands came for factory jobs and a better education for their children. The cost of living skyro … more →
Border Crossing & Charity
bobdecker wrote 7 months ago: Although meetings with government officials, charities, church groups and reading the rules provided … more →
Juarez, Mexico
The Haves, and the Have-Nots
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shoreacres wrote 1 year ago: Most people who live near the Gulf of Mexico, or in Florida, or along the coast of the Southeaster … more →
Children who work
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catfc wrote 1 year ago: I think any parent of a modern adolescent finds those pictures of child laborers in the early 20th c … more →
The present day saga on one Texas non-border colonia
John Henneberger wrote 1 year ago: Rural lots with financing terms aimed at low income families are the basis of colonias. First Texas … more →
El Cenizo community leader Lupe De Leon fought for property rights, housing, better living conditions
Karen Paup wrote 1 year ago: On Saturday, June 28, 2008, Lupe De Leon died at his home in El Cenizo TX. Mr. De Leon was El Ceniz … more →
Curbing substandard housing in rural Texas
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John Henneberger wrote 1 year ago: Watch John Henneberger’s testimony before the Texas Seante International Relations and Trade C … more →
A Guide to Nonprofit Organizations Serving the Colonias
sarahclauser wrote 1 year ago: A Guide to Nonprofit Organizations Serving the Colonias … more →
Colonias and Public Policy in Texas and Mexico: Chapters 4 & 5
sarahclauser wrote 1 year ago: Ward, Peter. Colonias and Public Policy in Texas and Mexico. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, … more →
The role of NGOs and NGO networks in meeting the needs of US colonias
sarahclauser wrote 1 year ago: Donelson, Angela. “The role of NGOs and NGO networks in meeting the needs of US colonias.” Community … more →
Colonias and Public Policy in Texas and Mexico: Chapters 1-2
sarahclauser wrote 1 year ago: Ward, Peter. Colonias and Public Policy in Texas and Mexico. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press … more →
Las colonias de los EEUU
caithowarth wrote 2 years ago: Today’s New York Times features a story on the colonias of south Texas – communities where the … more →
How About One Laptop for Each Child in a Colonia?
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Joy wrote 2 years ago: When I tell people in New York that I am from South Texas, it’s usually apparent that they hav … more →
