District F
In The News
August 2025
- KHOU11: After days of reported water issues, Alief-area neighborhoods have service restored
- ABC13: Public Works responds to multiple water leaks this weekend, residents left without water for hours
- Houston Chronicle: Exclusive: Alief's FunPlex, a Houston amusement park, has closed after 40 years
- Chron: Iconic indoor Houston theme park officially closes
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT-DISASTER RECOVERY 2024
(CDBG-DR24 HURRICANE BERYL)
- KHOU11: Houston City Council approves $314M in recovery funds after Hurricane Beryl, derecho
- CW39: Houston mayor proposes $50M boost to disaster relief for home repairs
- Houston Public Media: Houston City Council approves amended disaster recovery plan with $100 million for housing repairs
- Houston Chronicle: Houston greenlights spending plan for $314M in Beryl, derecho recovery dollars
- Houston Defender: Houston approves disaster recovery plan, allocates $100M for housing repairs
- KPRC2: Houston City Council approves amended disaster recovery plan, allocates $100 million for housing repair
- Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research: Federal disaster aid is coming to Houston. Why most property owners will get left out.
July 2025
- KHOU11: Tempers flare at Houston City Council meeting over disaster recovery funds
- KPRC2: Harris County faces third drowning tragedy in two weeks after toddler drowns in Hockley
- Telemundo: Se realizó taller Anual de Seguridad Acuática en Houston: La Concejal Tiffany D. Thomas organiza la tercera Clínica de Seguridad en la Natación para proteger a niños y familias del Distrito F
- KHOU11: City council to vote on $314 million recovery plan from the Derecho and Hurricane Beryl: There's a heated debate over whether enough is going to help families rebuild their homes.
- CW39: Houston Housing Funding Programs under discussion by City Council
PREVIOUS IN THE NEWS
- Houston, Harris County leaders condemn METRO’s plan to shelve ‘transformational’ university corridor line
- City Council OK’s $1.5B firefighter settlement and contract. Now they have to pay for it.
- Program helping Houston students find summer work has scaled back under new administration
- Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles to meet with city council this month
- District F kicks off Summer of Safety at the Alief Neighborhood Center pool
- Council Member Thomas travels to West Africa with the Mayor
- Council Member Thomas to create AAPI Advisory Board
- Council Member Thomas speaks in support of Conservation Districts
- District F improves public safety with street lights