“Voices of Vision”: Voucher Holders Seeking Opportunity Moves Speak

Patricia talks about her move to Rockwall, TX from her home in Oak Cliff in Dallas which she found to have too much crime. She loves her neighborhood's quiet peacefulness and her four children's new schools where the staff has...

“Voices of Vision”: Voucher holder seeking opportunities moves speak

Former public housing resident talks about her family’s experiences after moving to low poverty non-segregated neighborhoods with her housing choice voucher.

“Voices of Vision”: Voucher Holders Seeking Opportunity Moves Speak

Ms. Lewis talks about how, after a four year wait, she received a housing choice voucher that helped her move from her Dallas neighborhood where she heard gunfire to Rowlett, TX where she feels better about raising her two young...

“Voices of Vision”: Voucher holder seeking opportunities moves speak

Ms. Revels, a housing choice voucher holder and ICP client, shares her excitement to move to her new home which will be across the street from her job.

Fighting for neighborhood equity in the Tenth Street Historic District, a Freedman’s Town

Ms. Cox, President of the Tenth Street Residential Association, shares her memories and an urgent message to preserve the neighborhood. The Tenth Street Historic District is one of the few Freedman's towns left in the City of Dallas.

A Chat with a Resident of Inclusive Communities’ Sublease Initiative: an Answer to Voucher Discrimination

Mr. Dixon talks about how the Inclusive Communities' Sublease Initiative provided him access to housing in a low poverty desegregated area at a complex that would not take his housing voucher.

Speed Leas and Christy Hightower

Speed Leas talks about his distinguished career as a United Church of Christ minister. Throughout his career he made significant contributions to civil rights and peace making in the communities in which he served, as well as within the many...

People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: Mitch

People of the Rio Grande Valley: Mitch. Artist Mitch Darte and I talk about the loss of her Mother and how it propelled her into her flourishing career in painting. Mitch was a high school art teacher, and after losing...

“Voices of Vision”: Voucher Holders Seeking Opportunity Moves Speak
September 17, 2018 App Interview

Interview with a housing choice voucher holder and her ICP housing mobility counselor reflecting on her search for a diverse neighborhood for her teen daughter and young son. (from Dallas to the inner- and outer-ring suburbs of Garland, Plano and...

People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: Marisol "When the Dreamer stuff passed it was a like an answered prayer…"

People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: Marisol Roten. Marisol, a Mother of 3, and I have a conversation about her experiences growing up in the Rio Grande Valley. The experience of growing up without her biological father, having...