Housing

How suburbs are turning into 'hipsturbias' to cater to millennials

Hipsters + Suburbs = Hipsturbias

Federal transit funding could be tied to housing production if this bill passes

America has a shortage of 7.2 million affordable homes, and 8.1 million Americans spend more than half of their income on housing, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition.

Texas cities 'surprisingly' featured in report about combating green gentrification

Park improvements and gentrification are said to go hand in hand, but a new report sheds light on how this trend can stop. 

How American cities are handling neighborhood change, gentrification and displacement

According to a Kinder Institute report released last year, the pace of neighborhood change in Houston has accelerated since the year 2000.

Gap between income growth and housing cost increases continues to grow

As of March 2019, only a handful of the largest metropolitan areas had housing markets that would be considered "healthy."

Understanding serial eviction filers

Why do property owners file evictions against the same tenant over and over? A new study of Atlanta-area eviction filings considers the practice.

Why homelessness is going down in Houston but up in Dallas

Although the view on the streets might tell a different story, Houston has been able to decrease its homeless population by 53% since 2011, according to the annual data. In Dallas the trend is the opposite and housing affordability might make the problem even worse.

Two Texas cities among the top 12 American cities where people want to move, rental search report shows

A new report shows both Dallas and Houston as cities where people are wanting to rent next. 

HOAs are spreading. But at what cost to cities?

Almost 60 percent of new single-family home construction today is in an HOA, according to the study.

How the I-45 project will affect two affordable housing communities

This post is part of a series on the I-45 project, published every Monday and Wednesday throughout June.

At one year, Houston's Community Land Trust charts progress, confronts questions

The effort aimed at creating long-term housing affordability faces some challenges as it looks to expand.

The Last Black Man In San Francisco offers intimate look at gentrification's impact

The film, which opens in Houston Friday, follows one man's efforts to reclaim the home his grandfather built.

Kinder Institute Forum: Maurice Cox

Maurice Cox, director of planning and development for the city of Detroit, Michigan, discusses creative design and community engagement as strategies for long-term equitable development.

More Houston residents long to close the inequality gap, improve schools, have more interethnic relationships and accept immigrants, survey shows

For 38 years, Rice University's Kinder Houston Area Survey has tracked the social changes and political perspectives of Bayou City residents.

Housing costs have lowered for the rich but risen for the poor, analysis shows

This research shows how much the gap between the rich and the poor has exacerbated.