Posted on · The Houston Housing Authority is a city agency tasked with developing affordable housing in the city through a federal low-rent public housing program and a housing voucher program. HHA has proposed eight projects in the last three years. Five of them have been blocked, and while the agency has redeveloped existing properties, purchased land and […]
Posted on · Earlier this month, Mayor Sylvester Turner turned down a plan from the Houston Housing Authority that would have built a mixed-income complex near the Galleria area, saying he's not going to present that plan to Houston City Council. The Mayor's main objection to the project is the price tag. While the city wouldn't need to […]
Posted on · Earlier this month, Mayor Sylvester Turner turned down a plan from the Houston Housing Authority that would have built a mixed-income complex near the Galleria area, saying he's not going to present that plan to Houston City Council. The Mayor's main objection to the project is the price tag. While the city wouldn't need to […]
Posted on · Lance Gilliam says he will step down later this month. The decision follows public criticism by Mayor Sylvester Turner of the agency’s work.
Posted on · Turner voices concern that only 10 percent of the units would be reserved for low-income residents.
Posted on · Houston's latest flooding was especially hard on areas like Greenspoint, where the majority of the households affected were low-income. We discuss the impact of the flooding on Houston's most vulnerable — and what's being done to help them — with Lance Gilliam, chair of the Houston Housing Authority.