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  1. The sad stories of Hurricane Ike survivors, still out of their homes on the 1 year anniversary of the storm, continue... http://bit.ly/GFbxj
  2. The cross exam of former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill in the housing tax credit corruption trial Wed was riveting. http://bit.ly/14l9MW
  3. RGV newspapers in Brownsville, Weslaco, Harlingen and McAllen part of chain filing Chapter 11, extinguishing a vital light on public policy.
  4. Atty. Robert Doggett is starting a complete rebuild of our web-based Texas Tenants Advisor to help tenants resolve problems with landlords.
  5. Texas Grow Homes, prototypes for rapid, affordable rebuilding of homes after disasters are nearing completion. Stay tuned for more.
  6. Chronicle columnist Rick Casey has a theory why Gov Perry's plan for hurricane assistance slights housing and the coast. http://bit.ly/bQCko
  7. Of the top 25 participants in the fed's $75B foreclosure prevention program, at least 21 specialized in subprime loans. http://bit.ly/3uerrf
  8. Good story in Metropolis magazine on Auburn University’s Rural Studio doing some great affordable housing design work. http://bit.ly/RoIsJ
  9. Federal court case strikes a major blow against housing segregation -- now cities must take fair housing seriously. http://bit.ly/RRUcw
  10. Good work Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid in representing Hurricane Dolly homeowners who got treated wrong by FEMA. See http://bit.ly/83e9q
  11. Housing issues are really moving this summer in TX, tax credits, hurricane rebuilding, stimulus funds. Never before been a time like this.
  12. Gov Perry's plan for the Ike disaster program seriously shortchanges Texas homeowners and renters who lost their homes. Blog tomorrow.
  13. Something great happened today for Texas' poorest and neediest families. http://bit.ly/3PAh5
  14. Today's lunch at the TX for profit tax credit developers conference at the Four Seasons was filet mignon. Golf tournament is this afternoon.
  15. Quote from a for profit developer at today's TX tax credit housing developer convention, "Developers need money too, not just poor people."
  16. Q: You'd want your children to follow you into this business, wouldn't you? A: I don't want my children in this business, Potashnik answers.
  17. Black children who grow up outside poverty neighborhoods (less than 1/2 do) have greatly reduced income gap with whites. http://bit.ly/8L6Kx
  18. Tons of interesting exhibits on the court website http://bit.ly/xckQZ from the last 2 day's testimony of housing developer Brian Potashnik.
  19. DMN Reporter describes TDHCA staffer's testimony at the Dallas housing trial as "yawn-inducing." Do not slander housers! http://bit.ly/BXGNX
  20. Shysters rip people off with subprime loans then rip them off again with loan modification scans. Disgusting. Despicable.http://bit.ly/zRDS4