education, resources, and advocacy
education, resources, and advocacy
Let’s Talk About Zoning By: Billy Streu Could zoning reform in Texas be a viable solution for our affordable housing crisis? Even more, could it begin to put a dent in economic and racial inequality? For many years, zoning reform has felt like a big Texas-size elephant in the room. President Biden’s housing plan includes[…]
AmeriCorps VISTAs Serve Here By: Jacq Taylor Texas Homeless Network is proud of our continued partnership with AmeriCorps! We currently have five AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) members in service across the state working to build capacity and assist our communities in ending homelessness. Since it is AmeriCorps Week, we are excited[…]
“No, I’m not homeless. I’m just houseless”: On Nomadland By: Nick Thompson 4/26/2021 Update – Nomadland also picked up 6 Oscars including Best Picture and Best Actress in addition to the Golden Globe wins described below. This week Nomadland won two awards including best drama and director for Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of Jessica Bruder’s 2017[…]
Black History is Active By: Jacq Taylor “I love America more than any other country in the world, and exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually…the finest principles may have to be modified, or may even be pulverized by the demands of life, and one must find, therefore, one’s[…]
Spotlight Post: My Journey to Texas Homeless Network Author: Savannah Haney, THN VISTA Leader My journey and previous experiences are what motivate me to serve as an AmeriCorps VISTA Leader and do the work that I do. As a child, I was interested in engineering and was always building things with my hands and thinking[…]
Texas Homeless Network Response to USICH Report, “Expanding the Toolbox: The Whole-of-Government Response to Homelessness” October 23, 2020, Austin, TX – Earlier this week, the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) held a roundtable discussion focused on the recently released report, “Expanding the Toolbox: The Whole-of-Government Response to Homelessness.” As a statewide agency focused[…]
What happens to at-risk renters on Jan. 1, 2021? Author: Jasmine Pool As of September 4, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) placed an order into effect to prevent residential evictions for non-payment of rent in the United States. Although the temporary national moratorium is a step in the right direction, it[…]
Don’t miss the 10/9 deadline: THN’s QAP Public Comment Author: Eric Samuels, President and CEO The TDHCA board will be considering proposed changes to the Qualified Allocation Plan. This plan sets policy for tax credits that are awarded for building new affordable and supportive housing. These proposed changes are to the Supportive Housing Definition. These[…]
Spotlight Post: AmeriCorps in Acton Salvation Army Food Distribution Author: Brenda Larsosa I’m currently serving as an AmeriCorps Coalition and Coordinated Entry Coordinator for the City of Texarkana. When The Salvation Army of Texarkana, a fellow member of the Texarkana Homeless Coalition, recently expressed a need for assistance with their food box distribution program during the[…]
Action Towards Equity and Protecting Equal Access Author: Giovanna DiNapoli Recently, the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed a modification to the Equal Access Rule that would allow shelters to deny access to trans individuals based on their gender identity and sex assigned at birth. This harmful proposed change creates another level of discrimination that transgender[…]
COVID-19 Response Prompts New Collaborations and Programs in San Antonio Background SARAH is the Continuum of Care Lead Agency for San Antonio/Bexar County responsible for local coordination and strategies to prevent and end homelessness. Haven for Hope is a transformational campus focused on addressing root causes of homelessness with a person-centered and recovery-oriented approach. The[…]
The Way Home’s Response to COVID-19 The Coalition for the Homeless is Lead Agency to The Way Home, the Houston-area Continuum of Care (CoC) and collaborative effort to prevent and end homelessness in Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery counties, Texas. Like for everyone else, our world changed seemingly overnight once the novel coronavirus arrived in[…]
Sweeping new federal moratorium on evictions in effect until 12/31/2020 This rule only protects people who know about it. Please circulate this post widely. Arabic | Mandarin | English | Spanish | Vietnamese Para leer sobre esta protección contra los desalojos en español, haga clic aquí o aquí. Firme y fecha este documento y entregue[…]
HUD Revokes Housing Anti-Discrimination Protections By: Nick Thompson The White House and HUD recently terminated the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Rule. The Rule, under the 1968 Fair Housing Act, mandated that localities receiving federal funds to assess housing discrimination and racial bias within their communities and plan for how to diminish these realities. […]
Show Me the Coronavirus Relief Fund Money By: Sophia Checa Did you know your community is eligible for funding under the Coronavirus Relief Fund? Did you know Texas received $11.24 billion? While $3.24 billion went directly to the 18 areas with populations over 500,000, Texas received $8 billion to be distributed across the rest of[…]
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