funding equity - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/funding-equity/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Sun, 03 Jul 2022 03:13:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 funding equity - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/funding-equity/ 32 32 103504436 Questionable Validity of Flood-Mitigation Equity Formula https://houstonnewmedia.org/questionable-validity-of-flood-mitigation-equity-formula/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=questionable-validity-of-flood-mitigation-equity-formula Sun, 03 Jul 2022 03:13:19 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=33397 The results of an apparently invalid flood-mitigation equity formula could be used to steer billions of dollars in future flood-mitigation funding. Multiple data quality and collection issues may compound errors and the formula itself sometimes renders inconsistent, counter-intuitive results. In the 6/28/22 Harris County Commissioners Court meeting, the Community Flood Resilience Task Force presented its […]

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]]> 368433 Looking Through the Wrong End of the Drainpipe: The Politics of Misdirection https://houstonnewmedia.org/looking-through-the-wrong-end-of-the-drainpipe-the-politics-of-misdirection/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=looking-through-the-wrong-end-of-the-drainpipe-the-politics-of-misdirection Sun, 27 Jun 2021 17:35:38 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=26869 Seventh in a series of eight articles on flood-mitigation funding in Harris County. For the last two years, I’ve heard the same tirades in commissioners’ court – that rich neighborhood’s get all the flood-mitigation money while the poor neighborhoods get none. According to Commissioners Ellis and Garcia, that’s because higher home values in rich neighborhoods […]

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]]> 137381 Greens, Halls Bayous Get 26% of All HCFCD Flood-Mitigation Spending Since Harvey https://houstonnewmedia.org/greens-halls-bayous-get-26-of-all-hcfcd-flood-mitigation-spending-since-harvey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=greens-halls-bayous-get-26-of-all-hcfcd-flood-mitigation-spending-since-harvey Mon, 17 May 2021 00:25:02 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=25953 Two watersheds that, according to a political narrative, have gotten no flood-mitigation spending have actually gotten the lion’s share. Information, newly available through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request, reveals that Greens and Halls Bayous have gotten 26.1% of all Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) spending. That’s out of 23 watersheds since Hurricane […]

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