Ceili Doyle

1 week ago | houstonlanding.org | Ceili Doyle

More than 18,000 Houstonians will have to go online to reclaim their spots on the Houston Housing Authority’s voucher waitlist to remain eligible for the federal housing assistance, the agency said Thursday. Anyone currently on the waitlist who does not register a new account through the housing authority’s online portal RentCafe and select “Save My Spot” in the next month will be removed from the list.

1 month ago | houstonlanding.org | Ceili Doyle

Despite being consistently ranked as one of the most “affordable cities” in the country, Houston increasingly is becoming more expensive for longtime residents and newcomers. Just ask Amy Connolly, chief of staff for the city’s Housing and Community Development Department, who said there is a misconception about Houston’s affordability. “It’s always shocking to me how much rent for an apartment is, even here,” she said.

1 month ago | houstonlanding.org | Ceili Doyle

Prancing across the living room last week, Emely De La Garza took one look at her father disassembling a television and her mother frantically packing boxes and declared with the sweeping authority only a 5-year-old can possess:  “This is a mess!”A mess indeed. Her parents, Erick and Marta De La Garza, stayed up the entire night packing in preparation for a moving company to transport their home from Country Road Park, a trailer park in northwest Houston, to a new mobile home community in Spring.

1 month ago | houstonlanding.org | Ceili Doyle |Monroe Trombly

Haz clic aquí para leer nuestra investigación en inglés. CLEVELAND, TX — A finales de 2017, los legisladores de Texas establecieron un distrito fiscal especial en el condado no incorporado de Liberty a petición de los promotores inmobiliarios de Colony Ridge Inc. y de los hermanos William “Trey” y John Harris.

1 month ago | houstonlanding.org | Ceili Doyle |Monroe Trombly

CLEVELAND, TX — In late 2017, Texas lawmakers established a special taxing district in unincorporated Liberty County at the request of Colony Ridge Inc. developers and brothers William “Trey” and John Harris. Liberty County Municipal Management District No. 1 was created to enhance law enforcement and firefighting services, improve infrastructure, such as roads and drainage, and foster economic development in the rapidly expanding collection of subdivisions.