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Kinder Institute Forum: Frederick Wherry

Professor Frederick Wherry, director of the Dignity and Debt Network, will explain how credit visibility, credit scoring, and consumer credit markets serve as arenas for struggle over dignity and belonging.

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Economic Development, Urban Disparity
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Webinar: 2021 State of Housing in Harris County and Houston

Join the Kinder Institute for Urban Research as it shares findings from its second State of Housing in Harris County and Houston report.

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Housing
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Kinder Houston Area Survey: 2021 Results

For the past four decades, Rice University’s Kinder Houston Area Survey (KHAS) has been tracking the changing attitudes and beliefs of Harris County residents. The 2021 survey summarizes the most consequential changes and their implications for public policy initiatives going forward. It also explores in what specific ways and to what measurable extent have residents been personally impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, economic shutdown and growing awareness of systemic racism.
Research: Report
COVID-19 and Cities, Demographics, Economic Development, Education, Governance, Health, Housing, Hurricane Harvey, Immigration, Placemaking, Transportation
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A Bottom-Up Infrastructure Strategy for American Renewal

This report identifies infrastructure priorities identified by local and regional leaders around the nation. Conclusions provide an important set of guideposts about priorities the new administration should take into account in crafting a national infrastructure strategy.
Research: Report
COVID-19 and Cities, Economic Development, Education, Governance, Health, Housing, Transportation, Urban Planning
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Resilience and Climate Progress in Houston

In 2020, the City of Houston and regional stakeholders cemented a resilience strategy and a climate action plan and adapted these initiatives to account for COVID-19’s impact on urban life. Learn more about the progress made in the first year of these two transformative efforts to both mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change and other physical, social, and economic urban adversities and challenges.

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Houston Community Data Connections

An interactive data platform, this initiative seeks to facilitate the practical use of data by city and community leaders for decision-making and capacity building in Houston's communities.

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Demographics, Economic Development, Health, Hurricane Harvey, Urban Disparity
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