Housing

Why There Aren't Many Rooftop Solar Panels in the South

Few homes in the region sport solar panels largely because states aren't embracing policies that support a residential market.

Study: Development Regulations Linked to Segregation

Strict housing regulation – including limits on housing density, or requiring numerous regulatory approvals for new housing – are related to economic segregation, a new report says.

It Can Be Almost Impossible to Find Housing When You're Poor

New maps show that in Houston and other cities, affordable homes are concentrated in "low opportunity" areas.

Chart of the Week: What You Need to Earn to Buy a Home in These Sun Belt Cities

The eye-popping expense of housing in older, compact cities like New York and Washington, D.C. has been a popular topic of discussion. But for buyers, things aren’t so great in sprawling Sun Belt cities either.

Why Residents Have Nuanced Views of Gentrification

Research reveals stark differences among how middle-class residents perceive redevelopment.

The Most Interesting Affordable Housing in Houston

Development aims to offer options as community stands poised to gentrify

In Texas ‘colonias,’ third-world conditions are the norm

Some residents near the border scrape by without access to electricity or clean water

What the Supreme Court’s discrimination ruling means for affordable housing

Some advocates hailed the milestone ‘disparate impact’ decision, but Houston’s housing authority says the situation is more nuanced

Which Sun Belt and Western Cities Are Building the Most Homes?

Per capita construction rates show which places are really growing the fastest

Why Cities Need to Help Millennials, Even if You Hate Them

If the country doesn’t build more apartments, demographer warns, gentrification will continue at a rapid clip.

‘Mixed-use’ is popular, but what does it mean?

Developers say as projects take hold in the suburbs, the term may need an updated definition.

Architecture firm explores how to 3D-print houses

Gensler, the San Francisco-based design and architecture firm, says it’s working with a Chinese company to explore the possibility of producing homes using massive 3D-printers.

What Millennials Think of Homeownership (and why it matters)

Optimistic about their own economic futures, they're still leery of the housing market almost a decade after the real estate bubble burst.

Should Minority Houstonians be Moving to Newer Suburbs?

Not all suburbs are the same, and that matters for equity.