May 1, 2021 at 9:23 p.m.
Austin voters appear poised to reinstate a ban on public homeless encampments, according to unofficial early returns. Proposition B on that city’s ballot would also criminalize panhandling at certain places and during certain times.
Austin’s City Council decided to lift the ban on public encampments in certain areas in 2019, arguing that the policy had led to citations for people experiencing homelessness that hurt their ability to find housing. The move was quickly criticized by Gov. Greg Abbott, who promised to take action against Austin.
Although the visibility of homeless encampments has increased in Austin in recent years, both the Dallas and Houston areas have more people living in the streets, according to 2020 data. Some Austin residents have complained that allowing the encampments on public property many are beneath overpasses or next to major roads has created health and safety problems.
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A committee of federal investigators concluded that Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Inspector General (IG)
Laura Wertheimer abused her authority and undermined investigations by retaliating against employees in the IG’s Office that complained about her conduct.
In a 29-page letter addressed to President
Joe Biden, the Integrity Committee (IC) of the Council of the Inspector General on Integrity and Efficiency determined that Wertheimer, a 2014 appointee of President
Barack Obama, “engaged in conduct that undermines the integrity reasonably expected of an IG.” The Integrity Committee composed of four IGs, an FBI investigator, and a representative from the Office of Government Ethics is charged with overseeing probes into allegations of wrongdoing levied against IGs and their staff.
Texas agency says rent relief distribution ‘improving dramatically,’ though backlog remains
In Dallas County, about $6 million has been paid to 856 renters.
The Texas State Capitol in Austin.(Lynda M. González / Staff Photographer)
Texas’ $1.3 billion COVID-19 rental relief program has ramped up its payments to tenants by 780% since the start of April, a state agency told lawmakers Wednesday.
The state House of Representatives’ Urban Affairs Committee reconvened for an update on the so-far rocky rollout of federal rental relief funds to tenants and landlords.
“Things are improving dramatically,” said Bobby Wilkinson, executive director of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.