Grateful to CMs @TiffanyForAlief@CMPlummer4 and Dr. Evans Shabazz for trying to make a bad development deal better and for voting “no” when reasonable improvements where rejected.
The 14 “yes” votes are in my prayers for very different reasons.
Feb 20, 2021 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
Since a lot of my fellow Texans are going to apply for aid through @FEMA let’s talk about the agency and some of the barriers disaster survivors encounter and persisting program flaws.
First things first, @FEMA is part of the Department of Homeland Security. Here’s a blog I wrote about its history and shortcomings in how the agency is funded: texashousers.org/2017/12/21/fem…
Oct 7, 2020 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
As we approach month 7 of the #COVID19#eviction response I thought I'd recap some stats from our scraper + data gathered by @januaryadvisors/@evictionlab on the situation in America's 3rd largest county.
Note that these numbers only capture evictions through the legal system. Nothing on illegal lockouts that dispossessed people. Nothing on self-eviction upon receiving a notice to vacate.
Oct 6, 2020 • 20 tweets • 4 min read
I thought this was public comment, not explain away Houstonians concerns away.
"The ION is not just for Third Ward."
