UTSA receives HUD award for Eagle Ford Shale housing study
(April 14, 2015) – The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) has received a $285,000 award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to conduct a housing study in three counties of the Eagle Ford Shale region of South Texas.
The UTSA Mexico Center, the Bank of America Child and Adolescent Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) and the Institute of Economic Development (IED) will collaborate on the study, which will focus on the impact of oil and gas exploration on the affordability and physical adequacy of housing in Dimmit, La Salle and Zavala counties, the three Eagle Ford Shale counties closest to Mexico.
The study will examine how federal, county and local policies affect the availability of rental housing, affordable housing stock and housing options for vulnerable populations such as Head Start parents community workers such as firefighters, police, teachers, health care workers; the elderly on fixed incomes; and low-income workers.
The study, which will also include the perspectives of policymakers and community leaders, housing providers and those who need affordable housing, could influence housing and community development policies.
"UTSA is ideally situated and qualified to conduct a study of this scope," said Tammye H. Treviño, HUD Regional Administrator. "Their study will provide insight into the unique housing dynamic that a strong energy industry brings to Texas, helping us to more fully understand the area's housing needs."
The grant program is administered by HUD's Office of University Partnerships (OUP), which was established in 1994 to encourage and expand the growing number of partnerships formed between colleges and universities and their communities. OUP recognizes the crucial role these collaborations and partnerships play in addressing local problems and revitalizing the nation's communities.
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