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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Story by Jesse Coburn, ProPublica

Federal investigators were preparing two Texas housing discrimination cases — until Trump took over

Housing advocates say a FEMA decision to end hotel stays for Texas renters displaced for Harvey doesn't account for difficulties in finding affordable units in the neighborhoods they left.
A worker cleans out debris in an apartment complex in the Greenspoint area of Houston on Sept. 6, 2017 after it was flooded by Hurricane Harvey. (Credit: Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune)

The findings were stark. In one investigation, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development concluded that a Texas state agency had steered $1 billion in disaster mitigation money away from Houston and nearby communities of color after Hurricane Harvey inundated the region in 2017. In another investigation, HUD found that a homeowners association outside of Dallas had created rules to kick poor Black people out of their neighborhood.

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