The 2020 State of Housing in Harris County and Houston
This first State of Housing report compares how dozens of key housing indicators in Harris County and Houston have shifted between 2010 and 2018.
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TRANSPORTATION | HOUSING
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Research
Where Affordable Housing and Transportation Meet in Houston
While local decision-makers and individuals tend to view housing and transportation separately, effectively addressing affordability for Houstonians means considering housing and transportation expenses together.
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TRANSPORTATION | HOUSING | SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISPARITY
Community Resilience Initiatives: Building Stronger Neighborhoods in Houston
Effective efforts at the neighborhood level can be sustained and amplified by plugging into broader citywide efforts in ways that better align long-term goals and influence implementation plans at both levels.
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HOUSING
Housing Choice Voucher Mobility in Houston
This report identifies patterns in the household movements of residents who hold Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs) in Harris County. It identifies who among the voucher holders are moving, where they are moving to and from, and whether or not these moves are related to attempts to access opportunity or to avoid pressures such as gentrification, flood risk, and high rents.
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HOUSING
Neighborhood Gentrification across Harris County: 1990 to 2016
The inventory of affordable housing has been diminishing and this report documents where in Houston it's diminishing the fastest.
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HOUSING | SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISPARITY
Governing A Growing Region: Addressing Challenges of Service Provision and Development in Houston
This report takes a regional view to find major issues with the way our growth is governed.
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HOUSING
Building a More Resilient Housing System Event Report
This report by the Houston office of Local Initiatives Support Corporation and the Kinder Institute for Urban Research highlights key learnings and strategies from the “Building a More Resilient Housing System” event held on March 27, 2018.
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HOUSING | SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISPARITY
Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund Needs Assessment: Phase Two
The second phase of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research’s needs assessment work on behalf of the Greater Houston Community Foundation and the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund.
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DEMOGRAPHICS | HOUSING | DISASTER RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY
Cementing Millennials Downtown: Expressions and Impacts
This report explores how real estate developers are cementing Millennials in the downtowns of two Sun Belt cities, Phoenix and Houston, which are emerging sites of Millennial migration.
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DEMOGRAPHICS | HOUSING
Growing But Unequal: Mapping High Opportunity Areas and Implications for Affordable Housing
Analysis of the location of low-income housing tax credit developments in Houston.
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HOUSING | SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISPARITY
Taking Stock: Housing Trends in the Houston Area
A report analyzing housing trends in the Houston metropolitan area.
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DEMOGRAPHICS | HOUSING
Houston and Harris County Housing Conversation
A summary of a stakeholder conversation on housing issues held in February, 2017.
REPORT:
HOUSING | SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISPARITY
Urban Edge
Despite glut of existing homes for sale, Houston leads nation in new-home permitting
For-sale signs are dotting Houston neighborhoods, but real estate developers are still filing permits, pouring concrete and acquiring land for new projects.
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HOUSING
Abandoned properties are making Houston hotter. Could these changes turn down the heat?
Abandoned buildings and paved-over vacant lots are cranking up the heat in Houston. Local leaders have some avenues for turning down the temperature — without having to break out the bulldozer.
New research from a Texas A&M University team shows that empty buildings and vacant lots are raising land surface temperatures by up to 20 degrees in parts of Houston, exacerbating record-high heat across the region.
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HOUSING | PUBLIC HEALTH
Houston reports fewest available beds in 20-plus years as unsheltered homelessness rises
A growing number of Houstonians are living on the street, and there’s a big factor playing into the rise.
The number of available beds for the region’s homeless population has plummeted to the lowest level in at least two decades, as providers have increasingly struggled to keep shelters open and running at full capacity, according to data collected for the federal Housing Inventory Count.
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HOUSING
FEMA buyouts vs. risky real estate: New maps reveal post-flood migration patterns across the US
New research and maps show most people with homes in flood-prone areas sell their properties instead of taking a federal buyout.
PERSPECTIVES:
HOUSING | DISASTER RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY
Hurricane Beryl remains a disruptive force for some Harris County residents, survey shows
Time hasn’t healed all wounds from Hurricane Beryl for some Harris County residents.
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HOUSING | SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISPARITY | DISASTER RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY
Events
Webinar: 2020 State of Housing in Houston and Harris County
The Kinder Institute for Urban Research shared findings from its inaugural State of Housing in Houston and Harris County report.
RESEARCH: June 23, 2020 HOUSING
The Urban Sun Belt: Setting The Agenda
This webinar explores findings from a report from the Kinder Institute on the urban Sun Belt – covering such topics as demographic change, the economy, housing, and sprawl. A panel discussion follows the presentation
RESEARCH: June 11, 2020 DEMOGRAPHICS | HOUSING | TRANSPORTATION
Webinar: Linking Quality Transportation and Affordable Housing
This webinar by LINK Houston and the Kinder Institute for Urban Research explores the nexus between transit and housing.
RESEARCH: May 5, 2020 HOUSING | TRANSPORTATION
Kinder Institute Forum: Henry Cisneros
Former Mayor and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros shares strategies for inclusive growth, improving urban and social infrastructure and planning for affordable housing.
KINDER INSTITUTE FORUM: October 24, 2019 HOUSING
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.
KINDER INSTITUTE FORUM: May 23, 2019 HOUSING | PLACEMAKING
Kinder Institute Forum: Richard Rothstein
Richard Rothstein, an accomplished scholar of education and housing policy and a research associate at the Economic Policy Institute, discusses how laws and policies at the federal, state and local levels have promoted and enforced the residential racial segregation that exists today.
KINDER INSTITUTE FORUM: February 14, 2019 EDUCATION | HOUSING
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Physical Address
Rice University
Kraft Hall
6100 Main Street, Suite 305
Houston, TX 77005-1892