Research

During the summer and fall of 2018, an audit was done on the Gulfton area's streets and sidewalks and these are the results.

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.

This brief addresses Houston ISD's decentralization funding and is the final part of a larger study about HISD's decentralization.

This brief provides evidence on the relationship between HISD's decentralization reforms and student achievement.

The report encourages policymakers to be mindful and considerate of these multifaceted educational benefits when assessing the opportunity costs that come with decisions pertaining to the provision of the arts in schools.

The inventory of affordable housing has been diminishing and this report documents where in Houston it's diminishing the fastest.

This report shows which parts of Houston METRO's service area may have untapped ridership.

This report takes a regional view to find major issues with the way our growth is governed.

This study examines the likelihood that a student will receive a school disciplinary action, such as in-school or out-of-school suspension.

While Houston continues to claim to be an affordable city, findings show that a lack of public transportation is making living in the city more difficult to access jobs in some areas.

This report provides a more in-depth understanding of critical transportation safety issues, highlights key issues and can be used to prioritize street safety improvements.

This report will lay out the landscape of law enforcement in Harris County and document existing overlapping services.

This report suggests that public agencies work closely with social media companies and the operators of crowdsourced sites to install plans to incorporate these systems into the disaster recovery process.

This report focuses on how information about daily trips can be used to improve transportation safety for bicyclists.

This research brief provides context about how the recovery process is unfolding in the Hurricane Harvey-affected region and how the area can prevent a similar situation from happening again.

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.

This report provides a comprehensive picture of ongoing challenges to refugee resettlement in Houston.

This research brief looks at HISD principal attitudes and satisfaction within the current decentralized model.