Houston was a train wreck for Democrats in 2020. Here s why.
Jasper Scherer, Mike Morris, Stephanie Lamm, Staff writers
Nov. 4, 2020
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Democrat Sri Kulkarni, right, listens to voter Destiny Ilori, left, after she submitted her vote at a polling site on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Houston. Kulkarni lost his bid for Texas’ 22nd Congressional District to Republican Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls.Marie D. De Jesús, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Democrat Sri Kulkarni talks to voters KP, 21, and Avery Crucial, right, 20, at a polling site on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Houston. Kulkarni lost his bid for Texas’ 22nd Congressional District to Republican Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls.Marie D. De Jesús, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Like many Houstonians still experiencing unemployment related to the pandemic, Ben Abell is having a difficult year.
First, he lost his job in oil and gas. Then he and his partner split up, and he had to move out. He s optimistic about finding a new job. And for now, he s couch surfing. I got demoted from full-time to part-time, which they explicitly told me was not performance-related, and I understood. It was what it was. The work slowed down,” Abell said. “And then from there, it just dried up.”
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Drivers in Monstrose call on Houston to freeze rent, on Friday, May 1, 2020.
Less than half of Harris County’s $40 million rent relief program has been allocated to tenants in need of assistance, and county leaders will try to reallocate some of that money to the county’s rainy day fund before the end of the year, County Judge Lina Hidalgo’s office said.
A balance of some $26 million dollars remains leftover from the county’s CARES Act rent relief program managed by BakerRipley meaning just $14 million of the county’s allocated $40 million has been paid out.
On Tuesday, Harris County Commissioners Court plans to vote to reallocate $10 million of the remaining $26 million to the county’s Public Improvement Contingency Fund or rainy day fund which has been used for coronavirus relief, Hidalgo’s office said.
Houston council OKs its share of deal to acquire Kingwood land blamed for flooding
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Cleared land along Woodland Hills Drive near Kingwood Park High School is shown Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, in Kingwood.Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
City council on Wednesday approved a plan to spend $4 million on an unfinished housing development in southeast Montgomery County that nearby residents blame for flooding their homes.
The unanimous vote came with a suggestion by District E Councilman Dave Martin, who represents the area, that the city require developers to install drainage at the start of future construction projects.
“If there was such a policy, the outcome of the rains in May and September of 2019 may have had a very different impact,” Martin said.