Helping our most vulnerable neighbors weather the toughest storms requires hard work and commitment before, during and after crises strike.
A dashboard created by the Kinder Institute’s Houston Community Data Connections shows job-loss estimates in each Harris County community. Many of the areas impacted most by the economic downturn are home to low-income renters, the working poor and single-parent households.
Data analysis shows the confirmed cases and deaths per 100,000 residents in the 53 U.S. metropolitan areas with a population of 1 million or more.
Editor’s note: This is the first of two posts exploring the long-term effects the COVID-19 crisis will have on the American city. Once we get through this, cities as we know them will be changed forever.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus has forever changed the world and life as we know it. Once the current pandemic is over, it will also change our approach to where we work, how we get there and more.
The majority of Houston-area families report COVID-19 is negatively impacting well-being, employment, education and more, according to this community impact survey.
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What’s next for Houston depends on how it answers these five questions.
But not all were welcome changes.
Now’s your chance to weigh in.
Even as Sun Belt states and cities still grow, the rate is slowing in some, still climbing in others.
Via Texas Tribune: When will displaced people be able to come home? What happens to billions of funding? And more.
The Texas Gulf Coast is one of the least regulated of U.S. coastal areas, but one expert offers market solutions for its future.
A Kinder Institute researcher reflects on what it means to stay in a flood-prone area.
County by county enrollment numbers show how many children would be affected if Congress fails to find long-term funding for the health insurance program.
Seven noteworthy titles, plus one pick for kids!
Some of the worst are in Houston. Surprise!
As acceptances and rejections come in for those who applied for assistance in the wake of Harvey, a picture of unmet need emerges.
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The Dutch can share its lessons with Houston when it comes to flooding, but Houston offers its own insights too.
The Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium formed after Hurricane Harvey. Here's some of what they've been working on.
The city of the future, how will Houston look in the future?
Recovery is hard work and Texas offers few protections to the people doing that work.
Irascible, ornery, unconventional, Pedestrian Pete pushed Houston to be better and embrace walkable urbanism.
A new working paper from researcher Sean Reardon offers a comprehensive analysis of student cohorts from third to eighth grade, plus a new way for looking at school performance.
OffCite: There is a window for a massive investment in equitable transit-oriented development, and it won’t be open long.
New estimates from the Census Bureau show both rents and commute times are rising in Houston and other major metropolitan areas.
A new report pushes for the creation of flood-literate residents and politicians.
