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A culture of greed tarnishes the Texas Low Income Housing Tax Credit program3 comments

John Henneberger wrote 2 days ago: The Low Income Housing Tax Credit program in Texas is sometimes more about the developers making mon … more →

Tags: local issues, State Issues, Dallas, Housing Policy, LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Let's take care to avoid developer windfalls in the new LIHTC program

John Henneberger wrote 5 days ago: I haven’t discussed it much yet, but there’s a lot to be said about the new Low Income H … more →

Tags: State Issues, LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

90-Day Down Payment Assistance Program

nicolere wrote 2 weeks ago: To assist Texans in purchasing their first home, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affai … more →

Tags: Buying, first-time homebuyer tax credit, Interest Rates, keller williams, mortgage, Down Payment Assistance, federal tax credit, First time home buyer, first time homebuyer

Katrina Cottage pilot program woes due to failure at all levels1 comment

John Henneberger wrote 1 month ago: How many times do we have to hear the story before it sinks in? Let’s sum up the government re … more →

Tags: National Issues, State Issues, Hurricane Katrina, fema, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, hurricane rebuilding, hurricane ike, Heston Homes, Katrina cottages

The struggle begins to successfully design a TX Neighborhood Stabilization Program

John Henneberger wrote 4 months ago: I have previously expressed concerns about how the new Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) can … more →

Tags: local issues, State Issues, housing segregation, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Home Foreclosures, Neighborhood Stabilization Program

Can Texas handle the increase in homeless and low-income weatherization funds?

John Henneberger wrote 4 months ago: All of the money coming to Texas from the economic stimulus bill is a great thing. But as the size o … more →

Tags: National Issues, State Issues, housing budget, Housing Policy, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Texas Programs Help First Time Homebuyers in Spring, Tomball, Conroe, The Woodlands, and Houston

Mike wrote 4 months ago: Our country has always valued the principle of home ownership, and despite the recent fallout of the … more →

Tags: Texas First Time Homebuyer Programs, mortgage, spring, tomball, The Woodlands, houston, RATES, Loan, home loan

Texas legislature focuses on unmet rural housing needs

John Henneberger wrote 4 months ago: It is no secret that rural housing needs have received far less attention than urban housing needs i … more →

Tags: State Issues, local issues, Rural housing, Texas Department of Housing

A failed housing program will always come back and bite the responsible entity

John Henneberger wrote 4 months ago: One had to feel sorry for Michael Gerber Thursday morning. Appearing before a subcommittee of the Te … more →

Tags: State Issues, hurricane ike, Hurricane Rita, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

My suggestions for a Texas disaster housing program1 comment

John Henneberger wrote 7 months ago: In developing a plan to help Texas survivors of Hurricanes Ike and Dolly rebuild their homes I belie … more →

Tags: State Issues, hurricane ike, hurricane rebuilding, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Lawsuit alleging race discrimination in Texas housing tax credit program clears hurdle

John Henneberger wrote 7 months ago: The Federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas has denied a motion by the Texas Depar … more →

Tags: local issues, State Issues, Dallas, housing segregation, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Existing statewide housing program should be the vehicle for assisting Hurricane Ike survivors2 comments

John Henneberger wrote 7 months ago: The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has received criticism from elected of … more →

Tags: State Issues, hurricane ike, hurricane rebuilding, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Closer scrutiny will follow Texas expenditure of $1.3 billion in hurricane relief2 comments

John Henneberger wrote 7 months ago: HUD has allocated Texas $1.3 billion of the $2.1 billion in Community Development Block Grant funds … more →

Tags: State Issues, Hurricane Rita, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, hurricane rebuilding, hurricane ike, ORCA

President Bush considers pardoning former Texas housing agency board member

John Henneberger wrote 7 months ago: ProPublica, an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public … more →

Tags: National Issues, State Issues, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Seeking solutions to providing low-income housing in rural Texas

John Henneberger wrote 8 months ago: Hereford, a Texas Panhandle community of about 15,000, will host an important meeting today to consi … more →

Tags: local issues, State Issues, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Rural housing, farmworkers

Rough outlines of Texas $178m Neighborhood Stabilization Program emerge

John Henneberger wrote 8 months ago: In an attempt to deal with the foreclosure crisis Congress has allocated substantial funding to citi … more →

Tags: local issues, State Issues, Home Foreclosures, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Brooke Boston, state housing deputy director, is stepping down1 comment

John Henneberger wrote 8 months ago: Brooke Boston, who has served as Deputy Director for Programs at the Texas Department of Housing and … more →

Tags: State Issues, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

No Quorum for CCSWT meeting

La Voz wrote 9 months ago: • by Juan O. Sanchez Despite the fact that a quorum was unavailable for a meeting at the Community C … more →

Tags: News, CCSWT, botello

State housing agency board acts fiscally responsibly on LIHTC awards

John Henneberger wrote 10 months ago: Kent Conine, board chair, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs My compliments to the Te … more →

Tags: State Issues, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Low Income Housing Tax Credits


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