Social and Economic Disparity

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.

Houston’s poorest neighborhoods are still drowning in illegally dumped trash — even after federal intervention

Federal oversight brought more eyes and dollars to Houston’s persistent illegal dumping problem, but city data suggests trash continues to pile up across the city.

A decade of stagnation: New data reveals Houston’s trouble getting some youth into school, workforce

Houston prides itself on being a city of opportunity, but many young adults have seen little change to their prospects over the past decade.

Among the nation’s largest metro areas, the Houston region made the least progress over a recent decade-long stretch in reducing its share of “disconnected youth,” defined as people between the ages of 16 and 24 who aren’t working or attending school, a new analysis of Census data by Measure of America shows.

How can Houston help more locals climb the income ladder? 3 economic mobility experts offer their take.

The region's first Economic Mobility Summit spurred conversation and ideas for helping more Houstonians improve their long-term earnings outlook.

What’s Texas State Technical College? A look at the school behind Proposition 1 on voters’ ballots.

For most Texans, the first vote they’ll cast this election cycle revolves around a little-known school with big plans for serving the state’s workforce.

Proposition 1 asks voters to deliver a significant financial boost to Texas State Technical College, a state-funded network of 11 campuses serving nearly 14,000 students this year, including about 1,000 through its Fort Bend County site. The extra revenue, expected to total tens of millions of dollars annually, would help TSTC grow its existing campuses and potentially expand to other parts of Texas.