From Houston Chronicle The jury is out. Rent controls, while sounding like a good way to provide affordable housing, does the opposite. According to an opinion editorial in the Houston Chronicle, rent controls reduce the supply of housing where they are in place....
San Antonio City Councilman Manny Palaez has proposed to name a new wheelchair accessible park in honor of affordable housing leader and past TAAHP President Dan Markson.
Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity joined Habitat organizations across the country to improve housing affordability across the housing continuum.
MEMBER IN THE NEWS: DMA Companies, Inc. broke ground on a new affordable housing apartment community in Travis County near the intersection of Airport Blvd. and 53 1/2 Street Monday.
Two affordable housing apartment communities are currently under construction in Corpus Christi, but the city says the need more to meet the growing demand.
MEMBER IN THE NEWS: The San Antonio Housing Authority, a TAAHP member, is implementing a new initiative to provide affordable single-family homes to qualified buyers.
Several cities, including Dallas and McKinney, are asking Governor Greg Abbot to veto HB2439. The bill bars cities from mandating construction regulations that are above and beyond national codes.
Houston's City Council approved a measure that allows the city's housing department to seek $45 million in funds to help build up the city's affordable housing inventory.
MEMBER IN THE NEWS: The decision was unanimous. Commissioners in Travis County approve $31 million in bonds that will be used to build affordable housing for seniors in Pflugerville just North of Austin.
Both Texas and the nation have experienced growing affordability since recovering from the GR, but the affordability gap between the state and the nation has narrowed since 2014. Texas ranked 25th among states in 2017 mainly due to its recent slowdown in affordability (just above Washington D.C.).
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