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R.A. Schuetz

R.A. Schuetz

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    Whitmire asks HHA to hold off leasing affordable housing complex, citing safety - Houston Chronicle

    Mayor John Whitmire sent the chair of the Houston Housing Authority board a letter Friday morning, asking the organization to hold off on leasing a nearly complete, 398-unit affordable housing complex along Buffalo Bayou East. The Pointe at Bayou Bend had been expected to begin leasing this fall and to be fully occupied by December, according to housing authority documents. “I am greatly concerned with the possibility of residents moving into the apartments at this time,” Whitmire said in his le…
    5 months ago
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    Houston Housing Authority must make 'numerous' changes, audit finds...

    Citing a number of “deficiencies” in bookkeeping and oversight of its federal voucher program, a recent audit has found the Houston Housing Authority in need of “material adjustments.” This is not the first time the housing authority has faced criticism. Mayor John Whitmire overhauled the agency’s board in February, saying it lacked sufficient leadership and financial management. But this time these criticisms carry the weight of independent auditors highlighting the persistence of problems ove…
    6 months ago
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    In Houston area, homeownership and diversity thrive more outside th...

    Would-be homeowners in Harris County are struggling to buy houses as median home prices have far outpaced incomes, according to the 2024 State of Housing in Harris County and Houston by Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research. Mortgage rates and home insurance, which are both notably higher than they were five years ago, have exacerbated the problem. A median-income household in 2023 (earning $71,009) could afford only an $189,000 home, which is $126,000 less than the median sales…
    6 months ago
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    Houston looks into safe places for homeless to await permanent hous...

    A tentative plan may address a longstanding question in Houston’s homeless community: In a city where “encamping” is illegal, where is a person without a home supposed to stay while waiting for permanent housing? Houston’s City Council hinted at a bold change in its strategy to address homelessness Tuesday when it voted to extend a contract to serve free meals near the municipal courthouse. “The additional funds will allow the program to continue while the Housing Department works to develop a…
    6 months ago
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    Historic Fifth Ward church may soon be torn down for apartments - H...

    Fifth Ward’s historic Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church — and its iconic dome seen from the highway where I-10 crosses U.S. 59 — may soon be demolished to make way for an apartment community. The Houston Housing Authority has taken ownership of the grounds, public records show. In April, it solicited bids to demolish and remediate the site, which an environmental study has found to contain asbestos and lead. The Houston Housing Authority’s ownership arrangement will make any future develo…
    7 months ago
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    Whistleblower suit against Houston Housing Authority can be heard -...

    A whistleblower lawsuit accusing the Houston Housing Authority of fraud will be allowed to proceed after the U.S. Court of Appeals reversed an earlier judgment to dismiss the case. The lawsuit filed by the United States of America accused the housing authority of paying contractors without necessary oversight. It’s based on information from Karen Miniex, who was once the housing authority’s vice president and general counsel. The reversal hinged on whether the housing authority had already been…
    10 months ago
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    Katy family's racial discrimination lawsuit dismissed - Houston Chr...

    A lawsuit claiming a real estate agent refused to sell condominiums in a Katy Asian Town building to a family because they were Black was dismissed Wednesday without the option to refile. The decision hinged less on whether the family had been discriminated against than whether the Fair Housing Act, which prohibits discriminating in the “sale or rental of a dwelling,” had been violated. The Black family argued that the real estate agent’s comment that “we won’t be able to get along with each oth…
    10 months ago
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    Food Not Bombs: Judge orders Houston to pause feeding homeless tick...

    A U.S. District Court judge on Wednesday ordered Houston to temporarily stop enforcing a law that requires city permission before anyone can serve more than five people in need on public property. The order marked a significant victory for Food Not Bombs, a group that has provided free meals outside of Central Library downtown for roughly two decades and received nearly 100 tickets for doing so since 2023. The ruling is a part of the group’s federal lawsuit against the city claiming that the foo…
    10 months ago
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    Homeless encampment tickets are more clustered in Houston's wealthy...

    A Houston Chronicle analysis finds homeless encampment tickets are issued more in Houston’s wealthy, white neighborhoods
    10 months ago
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    Texas primaries are coming. So what exactly is a justice of the pea...

    In Texas, the titles of elected officials can be counterintuitive. The county judge? Not a judge at all, but actually a county’s top executive officer, like a mayor, but for a county. JP LIBRARY: Facing eviction or ticket? This courthouse is opening a library for those representing themselves Someone who is actually a judge for the county, deciding eviction and small claims cases, as well as misdemeanors punishable by fine? That’s a justice of the peace. Justice of the peace courts (JP courts f…
    11 months ago
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    Food Not Bombs trial rescheduled after too many jurors objected to ...

    Fifteen Houstonians called for jury duty filed into a courtroom Thursday afternoon. They were there for an unusually high-profile case for municipal courts, known for hearing traffic violations and facilitating weddings. Three of the 15 would be selected to decide the outcome of a case alleging that a woman had violated Houston law by feeding the homeless without the city’s permission. Roughly an hour later, the jury pool filed back out — all 15 of them. The lawyers had been unable to fill an…
    11 months ago