La demanda del Departamento de Justicia hace eco a muchos de los hallazgos de una investigación reciente del Houston Landing.
Danya Pérez
Danya Pérez is a diverse communities reporter for the Houston Landing. She returned to Houston after leaving two years ago to work for the San Antonio Express-News, where she reported on K-12 and higher education. Prior to that, Danya was a digital producer at the Houston Chronicle, where she worked on community engagement efforts by developing and writing daily newsletters. She previously spent 4 ½ years covering education at the Monitor newspaper in the Rio Grande Valley. Danya lived most of her childhood in Mexico before migrating with her family to their second home in El Paso. She is a proud University of Texas at El Paso graduate (Picks up!). When she's not writing about our communities, she might be found taking her loyal travel companion, Wakko, a 16-year-old Schnauzer, for slow walks at his favorite spots along Buffalo Bayou.
Posted inPolitics & Government
DOJ sues Colony Ridge, calling it a ‘bait-and-switch’ sales scheme targeting Latino buyers
The Department of Justice and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lawsuit echoes many of the findings in a recent Houston Landing investigation.
Posted inInvestigations
Colony Ridge sold over 35,000 properties. Nearly half ended up back in its hands.
A Houston Landing investigation reveals an unusually high turnover rate of Latino-owned properties in Colony Ridge, Liberty’s County’s largest developer.
Posted inDiverse Communities
Bringing Navigation to life, Houston celebrates La Guadalupana with music, flowers and candles
Thousands of Catholic Houstonians lined up along Navigation Blvd. on Monday and Tuesday to pay respects to La Virgen de Guadalupe, or the Virgin Mary.
Posted inDiverse Communities
At Houston’s Mexican Consulate, a new service window aims to naturalize more area residents
Houston’s Mexican Consulate and Mi Familia Vota will now offer U.S. citizenship consultations for Houstonians to improve civic engagement.
Posted inDiverse Communities
Latino voters may decide this election. In one Houston community, they want to do just that.
Denver Harbor community leaders seek to increase Latino voter turnout and attract politicians’ attention to improve their quality of life.
Posted inDiverse Communities
From the Dynamo payroll to the sidelines: One Houston man’s story of DACA’s high-stakes limbo
Many young professionals are planning their present and future around DACA. Experts say Houston has a lot to lose if the program ends.
Posted inDiverse Communities
Sewing classes in Gulfton help Afghan women navigate their new life in the U.S.
In Gulfton, sewing classes offer a valuable skill among the mostly immigrant Houston community. For Afghan women, this class became an inroad to a new life.
Posted inDiverse Communities
What’s the difference between Hispanic and Latino? Does it matter? Your questions answered.
With nearly half of Houston’s population identified as Hispanic or Latino in the U.S. Census, here’s an explainer on how we choose between the different terms in our reporting.
Posted inDiverse Communities
Houston leaders propose turning the city into ‘citizenship capital’ with naturalization efforts
A consortium of entities launches an effort to naturalize 300,000 Houston residents in the next three years