KRIV-26’s RANDY WALLACE posts a nice investigative report on recent failures at the Houston Housing Authority. Homebuyers who qualify for assistance complain of moving goalposts and ridiculous red tape. The Housing Authority offers any number of excuses.
Bottom line: Only seven homes have closed since July 2009, according to KRIV, making this one ineffective agency even by quasi-governmental standards.
Interesting tidbit: None other than David Mincberg, who did such a fine job in his last housing post, was appointed by then-Mayor Bill White to chair the organization’s board in…. July 2009!
