Tom McCasland - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/tom-mccasland/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Wed, 24 Nov 2021 13:24:45 +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 Tom McCasland - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/tom-mccasland/ 32 32 103504436 New GLO Review Slams Houston on Five Counts Relating to Harvey Relief https://houstonnewmedia.org/new-glo-review-slams-houston-on-five-counts-relating-to-harvey-relief/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-glo-review-slams-houston-on-five-counts-relating-to-harvey-relief Wed, 24 Nov 2021 13:24:45 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=29676 Two months ago, the Texas General Land Office (GLO) launched a review of Houston’s Housing and Community Development Department (HHCD) after Mayor Sylvester Turner allegedly tried to steer a $14 million affordable-housing contract using HUD money toward his former law partner. The GLO review, released Tuesday, notes both findings and corrective actions required of Houston […]

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]]> 207217 Flood Digest: Updates on TWDB Grants, Affordable Housing Investigations, Subsidence https://houstonnewmedia.org/flood-digest-updates-on-twdb-grants-affordable-housing-investigations-subsidence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flood-digest-updates-on-twdb-grants-affordable-housing-investigations-subsidence Tue, 12 Oct 2021 02:14:23 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=28757 Below are updates on three items recently in the news: Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) Grants, Affordable Housing Investigations, and Subsidence. Texas Water Development Board Grants Affecting Houston Region Last week, I posted a story about flood mitigation assistance grants being considered by the TWDB. The Houston region qualified for eight and the TWDB approved […]

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]]> 182800 Blowup Between Mayor and Housing Director Triggers Fraud Investigation over Harvey Funds https://houstonnewmedia.org/blowup-between-mayor-and-housing-director-triggers-fraud-investigation-over-harvey-funds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blowup-between-mayor-and-housing-director-triggers-fraud-investigation-over-harvey-funds Thu, 23 Sep 2021 03:05:09 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=28402 Yesterday, City of Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Houston Housing and Community Development Director Tom McCasland got into a verbal brawl over alleged improprieties in the distribution of Harvey relief funds. The trigger was the award of $15 million to build a Clear Lake multi-family housing complex in which the Mayor’s former law partner, Barry […]

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