Housing

Four Steps To Make Houston Housing More Resilient

With funding flowing to the region for recovery, how can Houston create a more resilient city amid a housing shortage?

City of Houston Looks to Expand Homebuyer Assistance

Though the level of subsidies a qualified homebuyer receives has decreased in recent years, the city hopes to turn that around to stem a housing affordability crisis.

Minimum Wage Workers Can't Afford Rent

A Harris County worker earning minimum wage would need to work 113 hours per week to afford a fair market, two-bedroom rental house.

Urban Review: Houston's Housing Recovery Plan, Defining the South and Getting More Students Into Rigorous Classes

This week, Houston releases its plan for housing recovery dollars after Harvey, a bill in South Carolina aims to get overlooked low-income students into challenging, college-track courses and one writer asks, where is the South anyway?

In Houston, A Radical Approach to Affordable Housing

With the city set to launch its own land trust and several neighborhoods eager to start their own, the community land trust presents opportunities and challenges.