Prepared Remarks: Issues related to affordable housing, homelessness, and methods of providing and financing affordable housing

image from airplane of single family neighborhood in Brownsville

A September routine interim charge hearing of the Texas Senate Committee on Local Government turned out to be a packed room, with an overflow room almost full as well. People came out to talk about the affordability problems across our state, including those representing Big A Affordable Housing providers, those representing developers and home builders, and environmental, justice, and affordability …