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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.
REPORT: May 5, 2020 TRANSPORTATION | HOUSING | URBAN DISPARITY
In this study, we seek to understand the nature of collaborations between organizations working in the food insecurity and food desert social spaces in Houston.
REPORT: March 13, 2019 HEALTH | URBAN DISPARITY
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.
REPORT: December 13, 2018 HOUSING | URBAN DISPARITY
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.
REPORT: June 27, 2018 HOUSING | URBAN DISPARITY | HURRICANE HARVEY
Refugee Realities: Between National Challenges and Local Responsibilities in Houston, TX
This report provides a comprehensive picture of ongoing challenges to refugee resettlement in Houston.
REPORT: June 7, 2018 DEMOGRAPHICS | IMMIGRATION | URBAN DISPARITY
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.
REPORT: November 28, 2017 HOUSING | URBAN DISPARITY
Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund Needs Assessment: Phase One
The first 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.
REPORT: November 13, 2017 DEMOGRAPHICS | HURRICANE HARVEY | URBAN DISPARITY
Houston and Harris County Housing Conversation
A summary of a stakeholder conversation on housing issues held in February, 2017.
REPORT: February 20, 2017 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | HOUSING | URBAN DISPARITY
Streetlights in the City: Understanding the Distribution of Houston Streetlights
This reports documents and analyzes the location of streetlights in Houston.
REPORT: February 14, 2017 URBAN DISPARITY
Disparate City: Understanding Rising Levels of Concentrated Poverty and Affluence in Greater Houston
This report examines the clustering of poverty and the uneven distribution of economic circumstances across Greater Houston.
REPORT: October 26, 2016 URBAN DISPARITY
This report attempts to assess and map the Opportunity Youth and Young Adult population as well outline strategies for success for educators, service providers and employers looking to prevent and combat disengagement.
REPORT: September 28, 2016 DEMOGRAPHICS | URBAN DISPARITY
The Shifting City: Houston's Unequal History of Racial Change
This report provides a comprehensive look at the evolution of the Houston area’s racial/ethnic composition on a small geographic scale.
REPORT: June 1, 2016 DEMOGRAPHICS | URBAN DISPARITY
A set of maps that capture Houston's segregation as well as concentrated opportunity and disadvantage.
REPORT: March 1, 2016 DEMOGRAPHICS | URBAN DISPARITY
Urban Edge
While Harris County grows a little, its suburbs see big change
Harris County is continuing to grow, but not at the rate of neighboring counties, a trend established more than a decade ago that has more recently emerged among other big counties statewide.
DATA: April 5, 2024 DEMOGRAPHICS | URBAN DISPARITY
Seeking Solutions: Connect Community bolsters success of new immigrants in southwest Houston
Since its founding in 2016, Connect Community and its partners have put $126 million toward community development and holistic revitalization in the Gulfton and Sharpstown neighborhoods in southwest Houston.
SEEKING SOLUTIONS: February 1, 2024 IMMIGRATION | URBAN DISPARITY
Residents leave Houston neighborhoods thanks in part to climate change
According to a report by First Street Foundation, 9% of census blocks in Harris County are listed as “climate abandonment areas,” where people are moving out due at least partially to climate change-related flood risk and not being replaced by incoming homebuyers.
INSIGHTS: January 23, 2024 HOUSING | URBAN DISPARITY
Homeless coalition’s new CEO: Diversion, prevention key to reducing Houston’s unhoused population
With nearly 25 years of experience at social service agencies in Houston, Kelly Young is no stranger to the needs of the most vulnerable people in our area.
FEATURES: January 18, 2024 HOUSING | URBAN DISPARITY
Seeking solutions: Pro-Vision Inc. strives to end intergenerational poverty in Houston’s Sunnyside
After nine years in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles, cornerback Roynell Young determined his playing days were over at the end of the 1988-89 season.
SEEKING SOLUTIONS: January 9, 2024 PLACEMAKING | URBAN DISPARITY
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