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City of Houston Will Reimburse Homeowners for Harvey Related Repairs
Posted on · Officials recommend homeowners saving receipts and contracts with repair companies
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Posted on · Officials recommend homeowners saving receipts and contracts with repair companies
Posted on · It is adding five experts on disaster recovery, affordable housing and finance
Posted on · The City of Houston and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development have reached an agreement to resolve HUD's finding that the City's housing policies violated the Civil Rights Act.
Posted on · The investigation was motivated by the City’s opposition to a mixed-income apartment complex in The Galleria area
Posted on · Stephen Costello, the City’s flood Czar, is reviewing the protocols for granting permits.
Posted on · Houston took a big blow in home sales in the month of August, primarily because Harvey hit late in the month when closings are typically scheduled. Plus many home and apartment renters were displaced due to the flooding that followed. What will this mean for the apartment and housing market?
Posted on · On Monday's edition of Houston Matters: What will the destruction of so many homes during Harvey mean for the apartment and housing market? And former Houston news anchor Lily Jang returns to her native Vietnam for a special called Saigon Stories.
Posted on · The City’s Department of Housing and the Red Cross are looking for alternatives.
Posted on · (Photo: Florian Martin | Houston Public Media) The City of Houston's Housing Department suddenly has $46 million more for affordable housing projects. How? It started with some investigative reporting from the Houston Chronicle. Michael Hagerty has reporters Rebecca Elliott and Mike Morris explain. The oversight was uncovered after the Chronicle’s Freedom of Information requests regarding […]
Posted on · (Photo: Florian Martin | Houston Public Media) The City of Houston's Housing Department suddenly has $46 million more for affordable housing projects. How? It started with some investigative reporting from the Houston Chronicle. On today’s edition of Houston Matters, Michael Hagerty has reporters Rebecca Elliott and Mike Morris explain. The oversight was uncovered after the […]
Posted on · The Crestmont Village Apartments in Houstonâs South Acres neighborhood were recently demolished. A judge shut down the complex in late 2015 after residents complained of several ailments, including leaky roofs, rodents, raw sewage coming up from the ground, and other unsafe living conditions. Mayor Sylvester Turner was at the demolition to, as he said, âput […]
Posted on · Every year, the Houston Chronicle puts together a list of the best workplaces in Houston, based on employee surveys distributed through a third-party company. The 2017 results won't come until the fall, but, until then, what does make for a good workplace according to Houstonians? Is it the hours, the work space, the benefits, the […]
Posted on · The City has spent almost $50 million on administrative costs and federal fines since Fiscal Year 2007.
Posted on · The city of Houston is in a housing crisis, according to Tom McCasland, director of the City of Houstonâs Housing and Community Development Department (HCDD). He explains why. And then we hear from one of the many nonprofits the city partners with to address this issue – the Houston Area Urban League (HAUL). Next year, […]
Posted on · (Above: An artist’s rendering of a design for a “sky park” at the corner of Milam and Walker in downtownHouston. Image Courtesy: ByDesign/Gensler) If the future of Houston design was left up to the next generation of architects and designers, what would our city look like? Itâs a concept Houston design firm Gensler is exploring […]