Houston Mayor Bill White joined other Texas mayors today at the House Urban Affairs Committee for a general discussion about their cities.
Speaking in the context of the federal government's decision to send stimulus funds to Texas, White said some of that money could be well spent on affordable housing and energy efficiency programs.
White especially touted the city's program of "weatherization" of homes with new insulation and compact fluorescent light bulbs in older neighborhoods, such as Pleasantville. He said such an idea should be brought to "scale" to benefit neighborhoods across the state and conserve energy.
He told committee members about the Houston Hope affordable housing program, too, and then briefly mentioned Hurricane Ike recovery, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and even red-light cameras.
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