Tag Archives: housing
State of Texas: The Hills Have Allies
A new report by University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture looks at some of the threats to the Hill Country, and proposes long-term solutions. ...Read More
So Long, Lincoln Park
An oasis of low-income housing collapses in heartache, loss and an FBI investigation.
Lincoln Park went down in a mess of lawsuits, a federal investigation, political intrigue, betrayal, heartache and loss....Read More
The Fight for Fair Housing
Two lawsuits are dragging Texas—and maybe the whole country—closer to the goal of integrated neighborhoods.
Two lawsuits are dragging Texas—and maybe the whole country—closer to the goal of integrated neighborhoods....Read More
Trailer Park Ploys
How Texas families with nowhere else to go are fighting back against mobile home moguls and their ruthless business model.
The residents of North Lamar Community Mobile Home Park in Austin aren't backing down from an escalating dispute with the new owners of the park, the moguls beh...Read More
Wrong Side of the Tax
A meteoric rise in property assessments in a West Texas town wreaks havoc on low-income taxpayers.
Big Spring’s fast-rising home appraisals this year are particularly wreaking havoc on low-income homeowners, exposing another problem with Texas' heavy relian...Read More
A Neighborhood Apart
A Corpus Christi highway project threatens to sever a community already devastated by industry.
Residents of two Corpus Christi neighborhoods claim energy companies stole their health by polluting the air, water and ground around their homes. Now they are ...Read More
Five Years On, Hurricane Ike Recovery Still Painfully Slow
Five years after Hurricane Ike, only 41 percent of all the homes have been rebuilt or rehabilitated using federal aid. Not a single unit of public housing has b...Read More