Tag Archives: public housing
Lawsuit: City of Port Isabel Blocked Public Housing for Latinos Displaced by Hurricane Dolly
After the 2008 hurricane, city officials refused to issue permits so that public housing could be rebuilt in an affluent neighborhood, the complaint says.
City leaders in Port Isabel “repeatedly thwarted” efforts to rebuild public housing overwhelmingly used by Latinos after Hurricane Dolly hit the Rio Grande ...Read More
Housing Advocates Fight to Preserve Big Win in Corpus Christi’s Northside
Housing advocates say Corpus Christi hasn't kept a promise to help low-income residents — who won a major legal fight against the city in 2015 — relocate to safer areas.
Housing advocates say Corpus hasn't kept a promise to help low-income residents who won a major legal battle against the city relocate to safer areas....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
Santa Rita Courts and the Fight for Affordable Public Housing
Public housing is no less political an issue now than it was in the 1930s.
The increasing need for affordable housing is readily apparent in Texas. ...Read More
