The 2024 State of Housing in Harris County and Houston
The 2024 State of Housing in Harris County and Houston report explores the implications of increasing homeownership costs in the region.
Opportunity Youth Healthcare Pipeline Study
The Opportunity Youth Healthcare Pipeline initiative seeks to connect youth with career opportunities in the health care sector in the Houston region. This in-depth study explores the operational dynamics, challenges, opportunities and successes of the program.
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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.
Collaborations and Overlapping Services in Harris County Law Enforcement
This report will lay out the landscape of law enforcement in Harris County and document existing overlapping services.
Lessons from Harvey: Crisis Informatics for Urban Resilience
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.
From Close Calls to Crashes: Infrastructure Priorities to Improve Safety For People on Bikes
This report focuses on how information about daily trips can be used to improve transportation safety for bicyclists.
Rethinking Disaster Recovery and Mitigation Funding in the Wake of Hurricane Harvey
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.
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.
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.
This dashboard uses subdivision plat data to analyze the urban growth of Harris and Fort Bend counties between 1950 and 2015.
HISD's Decentralization Reform (Part 2: Principal Survey)
This research brief looks at HISD principal attitudes and satisfaction within the current decentralized model.
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