HousingandEcoDev

Curating housing and economic development resources, with a focus on the North Texas area

[Shelterforce @Shelterforce]

Oftentimes the many details of the low-income housing tax credit program can go right over our heads. Here, we go back to the basics and simplify it for residents—and everyone else. https://t.co/zphdVPUPUc

[Shelterforce @Shelterforce]

"If the multifamily affordable housing sector can fully embrace the FSS Program, it has the potential to magnify the impact of subsidized housing, especially for families able to work and increase their earnings." https://t.co/gplot6WuLm

[HousingandEcoDev @HousingEcoDev]

In the Houston area, vouchers aren't only for low-income renters. They can also buy homes. https://t.co/CCXDpOrWla

[HousingandEcoDev @HousingEcoDev]

Houston solves homelessness with housing. But some end up evicted https://t.co/DYCAcn14aI

[NeighborWorks @neighborworks]

Faced with aging schools and a high poverty rate, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation's education system needed more than just renovations. A new brick-and-mortar high school was built in partnership with GROW South Dakota using new market tax credits. Read: https://t.co/Itm9enlAA5

[Housing Matters @Housing360]

Study found that 80% of people move at least once during the year after they are released from incarceration. More than half didn’t live in households with close kin or in households with people bringing in income. https://t.co/AtAn2XOsC2

[HousingandEcoDev @HousingEcoDev]

A job? Check. A place to live? Not so much. https://t.co/jehmGFB3zg

[n. collins 🦇 @nathannotforyou]

“Yes, the neighborhood is basically Black and Latino. We are human…We expect and we ask for nothing but any way you would treat your own neighborhood…please, please do not do this to the people of that community.”

https://t.co/zD3ddfcPqJ

[HousingandEcoDev @HousingEcoDev]

Teaming libraries with hospitals would unlock healthier communities https://t.co/4vexzfkaN2

[HousingandEcoDev @HousingEcoDev]

‘Where women can grow’: How The Bloom Space in Oak Cliff is helping beauty careers blossom
https://t.co/fVD6G9KuuD

[HousingandEcoDev @HousingEcoDev]

Maryland launches nation’s first state-backed service year program https://t.co/laLZ0PC6Do

[HousingandEcoDev @HousingEcoDev]

Dallas has ‘generational need’ for housing amid growth, economist says

https://t.co/qxcuivOEgf

[HousingandEcoDev @HousingEcoDev]

MacKenzie Scott grant awards $5M to Houston Community Land Trust https://t.co/4K7o1BX8Dv

[Urban Institute @urbaninstitute]

America's economic landscape is shaped by a complex history of policy, industry, & inequality. Dive into @WorkRiseNetwork's new interactive map to discover where low-wage jobs are concentrated & which areas are most affected. https://t.co/8Q7SGfUI4C

[Lance Lambert @NewsLambert]

Home price shift in America's 50 largest housing markets

MoM = July '23 to August '23
YTD = Dec. '22 to August '23
YoY = August '22 to August '23

Source: Freddie Mac House Price Index (not seasonally adjusted)

[Nathaniel Barrett @ncoxbarrett]

Monitoring and testing for a very small brownfield site of mine cost about $50K, without any actual remediation.

The road to correcting environmental injustices and mistakes of the past will be long and expensive.

[HousingandEcoDev @HousingEcoDev]

Miami Beach Project Tests Limits of Affordable Housing Law in Florida https://t.co/dn3EbXbvB0

[HousingandEcoDev @HousingEcoDev]

No one should have to go broke caring for someone else’s kids https://t.co/1sXVaWIAyR

[HousingandEcoDev @HousingEcoDev]

What America can learn from Canada’s ‘$10 a Day’ child care system https://t.co/dLDFzzrL1M

[HousingandEcoDev @HousingEcoDev]

Judges in Harris County receive grant to aid in eviction diversion efforts https://t.co/zymjZPmxyQ