Urban affairs journalist Scott Beyer will discuss how a free-market approach to housing, transportation, public administration and more can create more livable cities.
Join the Kinder Institute for Urban Research as it shares findings from its third State of Housing in Harris County and Houston report.
Honoring Dr. Anne S. Chao | Featuring Dr. Stephen L. Klineberg
The Houston area’s Resilience and Recovery Tracker was developed by Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research with support from Chevron. It provides information on disaster recovery efforts from natural and man-made hazards, such as floods, climate disasters, public health crises, and chemical spills.
The two organizations will develop and share research aimed at deepening the community’s understanding of the challenges faced by Houstonians in need.
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If you built a political platform based on what most Houstonians would agree with, what would it look like? We have one version of a “Houston agenda”, thanks to the 2022 Kinder Houston Area Survey. While divisions persist, big shares of Houstonians across party lines agree on several big issues.
Houstonians are looking slightly less optimistic than they normally do, and the economy is their main concern—more than crime, pandemics, traffic, flooding, and other recent plagues. In fact, optimism is at its lowest level in the history of the Kinder Houston Area Survey, driven largely by the rising cost of living. This cloudy outlook also comes with a dose of clarity about the lingering effects of racism and even stronger agreement on the need to support public education.
