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Below the Waterlines: Houston After Hurricane Harvey
August TV Drive starts today! Visionary Leader Andrea Bryant $25k matching challenge

Tag: The Metropolitan Organization

Houston

$15 Million In Rent Relief Claimed In Less Than 2 Hours, As Tenant Demand Creates Lag In Response

Elizabeth Trovall

Posted on May 13, 2020 · The site was flooded with some 30,000 users before the application process even opened, the city and Baker Ripley said.

Tags COVID-19 rent relief renters sylvester turner The Metropolitan Organization

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Advocates Tell Harvey Victims Not To Give Up If FEMA Denies Their Disaster Claims

Gail Delaughter

Posted on December 6, 2017 · A local advocacy group is telling Harvey victims not to give up if FEMA denies their claim for disaster assistance. Advocates say they're hoping to clear up confusion about filing those claims

Tags fema flooding Hurricane Harvey insurance The Metropolitan Organization

News

TMO Asks Harris Judge Emmett To Provide Additional Site To Apply For D-SNAP

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on October 19, 2017 · The Harris County Judge says the state of Texas has only approved the current location set up at Deussen Park

Tags D-SNAP ed emmett Harris County Judge Ed Emmett The Metropolitan Organization TOMO

Hurricane Harvey

TMO Demands Extension Of Deadline For Harvey Victims To Sign Up For D-SNAP

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on October 6, 2017 · The organization says many individuals and families from greater Houston have not had enough time to register.

Tags D-SNAP harvey Sam Dunning The Metropolitan Organization

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Red Cross Under Fire From Flood Victims In Northeast Houston

Florian Martin

Posted on September 28, 2017 · Many say they are being denied immediate disaster assistance.

Tags red cross red cross law suit The Metropolitan Organization

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks during a press conference held at City Hall on September 14th 2017. He asked local landlords and management companies to grant a one month grace period to tenants who were impacted by hurricane Harvey and are having a hard time paying their rent.

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Turner Asks Houston Landlords To Grant One-Month Grace Period To Renters

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on September 15, 2017 · The mayor says his request is based on Harvey being an “unprecedented storm.”

Tags harvey houston inspections landlords sylvester turner The Metropolitan Organization

Hurricane Harvey

Late Fees Add Problems For Tenants Who Missed Out On Work During Harvey

Florian Martin

Posted on September 6, 2017 · After days of no work, many apartment dwellers are having difficulty paying rent on time – and some of them are not getting a break from their landlords.

Tags apartments flooding harvey The Metropolitan Organization

Willie Bennett (left), senior organizer for The Metropolitan Organization, and Father Christopher Plant (right), Pastor at Houston's Resurrection Catholic Community, led a presentation in which they analyzed factors that cause economic disparities in our city.

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Summit On Poverty Analyzes Factors That Cause Economic Disparity In Houston

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on January 29, 2016 · The University of Saint Thomas hosted the second edition of the event, which is organized by Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.

Tags gdp houston poverty stock market The Metropolitan Organization University of Saint Thomas

Below the Waterlines: Houston After Hurricane Harvey
August TV Drive starts today! Visionary Leader Andrea Bryant $25k matching challenge

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A Houston gun buyback event nets 845 guns — and prompts criticism from the Harris County DA

Adam Zuvanich

Posted on August 1, 2022 · The anonymous collection of guns could create roadblocks in the investigation and prosecution of a crime, according to Kim Ogg's top assistant, who said the office otherwise supports buyback initiatives such as the event held Saturday by city and county leaders.

Tags gun buybacks gun violence Kim Ogg Rodney Ellis sylvester turner

Health & Science

Houston doctor suspended for vaccine misinformation files $25 million defamation lawsuit against Methodist Hospital

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on July 25, 2022 · The lawsuit accuses Methodist Hospital and Methodist CEO Marc Boom of making "false and defamatory" statements about Dr. Mary Bowden, an ear, nose, and throat doctor in River Oaks.

Tags COVID-19 Houston Methodist lawsuit mary bowden vaccine

Health & Science

Home testing makes predicting new COVID waves in Texas challenging

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on July 15, 2022 · New cases of COVID-19 in Texas are increasing again. But predicting how long this wave of infections will continue — and how severe it could be — will not be easy this time around.

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Houston Matters

COVID case numbers on the rise, and images from the James Webb Space Telescope (July 11, 2022)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on July 11, 2022 · On Monday's show: The county's COVID positivity rate nears 30 percent, NASA releases the first images from the new James Webb Space Telescope, and veterinarian Dr. Lori Teller answers your pet care questions.

Tags COVID-19 James Webb Space Telescope Jeff Balke Lori Teller pet care space sports veterinarian

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