In Texas, Falling Behind On Student Loan Payments Can Cost You Your License To Work
The Texas Tribune | Critics say the practice is counterproductive, since it impedes Texans’ ability to work and pay back those loans.
Houston Among Major Metro Areas With Affordable Rental Shortage
Of the 50 largest metro areas, Houston is the third worst in terms of affordable and available rental properties for extremely low income households.
Two Houston Zip Codes Among the "Most Gentrified" In the Country
The analysis looked at changes in median income, home value and population with a bachelor’s degree or higher between 2000 and 2016.
Study: How Houston's Appraisal Industry Reinforces Racial Inequality
Homes in black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Harris County were valued at significantly lower rates than comparable homes in similar white neighborhoods.
Map: Fast-Growing Millennial Populations By Metro Area
Building on a previous report, Brookings Institution looks at which metro areas have the fastest growing young adult population. Spoiler: Houston is in the top 10.
Houston Announces HUD Resolution
More than a year after finding the city’s housing decisions violated the Civil Rights Act, HUD came to a resolution with Houston.
What's Going On With the 2020 Census? And Why You Should Care.
Researchers and former Census Bureau directors alike are concerned about what they see happening.
Reports: Harvey's Impact on Small Businesses, Individual Finances
Three new reports look at spending patterns in the wake of Hurricane Harvey as well as impacts on small businesses.
Local Government Corporations, like Houston First, Are Popular in Houston But What Are They?
Part non-profit, part quasi-governmental entity, local government corporations use taxpayer funds and private donations in the name of the public.
Exciting Spring for the Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research has a busy spring lined up.
Urban Review: Driverless Cars, Art and Taxes and a Call to Action for the Texas Delegation
A step by step guide to planning for driverless tech, a city that raised taxes to fund art and a call to get moving on Harvey relief.
This weeks round up asks how cost effective are mitigation strategies, where infant mortality rates in Texas are highest and looks at other important urban insights and challenges from the Sun Belt and beyond.
Access to Jobs Is About Access to Transit
Why better connecting low-income neighborhoods with transit is key for strengthening job opportunities.
Houston Mayor Announces Complete Communities Initiative
Amid controversy, Mayor Sylvester Turner hopes his Complete Communities will turn the tide.
Report: Fair Housing Faces an Uphill Battle in Texas
A new report shows 2013 changes meant to further fair housing in Texas were successful, but new changes threaten that.
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