Housing

Houston’s build-to-rent market keeps growing. Will federal legislation bring it down?

Houston’s small but fast-growing build-to-rent segment — in which companies construct new single-family homes and townhouses specifically to lease them — faces a major threat from federal legislation that would force most developers to sell their new properties.

Left in the cold: These Houston residents report lack of safe, reliable heating in winter

Early results from a Kinder Institute survey show 12% of Harris County residents don’t have safe, reliable heat at home.

Are corporate buyers hogging single-family homes in Harris County? Here’s what the data shows.

A Kinder Institute analysis shows nine large companies own about 1% of single-family homes in Harris County.

Urban Edge’s most-read stories in 2025: Public housing, population growth articles top the list

These seven Urban Edge articles garnered the most reader interest in a busy year for Houston.

Houston’s committee for enforcing apartment standards sits dormant. Will City Council revive it?

On a typical day in Houston, the city’s 311 helpline receives roughly 10 complaints about busted pipes, broken heaters, stinky sewage and other predicaments plaguing apartments.

City staff route the calls to health, neighborhoods, solid waste and other departments to tackle problems. But several City Council members are looking to proactively hold landlords accountable for operating the area’s most run-down complexes — and they’re eyeing a long-dormant committee to make it happen.