Harris County developers are increasingly building upward and outward.
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HOUSING
‘We’re changing family trees’: Education leaders see P-TECH model as pathway to better jobs
When Aldine ISD opened Avalos P-TECH School in 2019, the northern Harris County school district gave students a head start on both college and a career.
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EDUCATION
What's keeping Harris County housing unaffordable? These 4 charts and maps offer clues.
Many Harris County homeowners and renters continue to struggle with high housing costs, even as home sale prices plateau.
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HOUSING
Harris County records biggest shift toward renting, away from homeownership in a decade
About 19,000 fewer Harris County households lived in a home they owned in 2024, while nearly 30,000 more households opted to rent, according to the Kinder Institute's 2026 State of Housing in Harris County and Houston report.
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HOUSING
New FEMA map would add 200 square miles, 115K housing units to Harris County floodplains
A Kinder Institute analysis illustrates the scope of proposed changes to Harris County’s floodplain map.
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DISASTER RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY
What are the biggest pre-K challenges on the horizon? National education leaders weigh in.
Educators and researchers from Houston, Chicago, Baltimore and San Francisco offer their perspectives on top issues facing providers.
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EDUCATION
When coverage isn't enough: 1 in 7 older Harris County adults not getting needed medical care
A Kinder Institute survey suggests nearly 100,000 people age 65 and older in Harris County didn’t get needed healthcare in the prior year.
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PUBLIC HEALTH
Pasadena ISD students made greater academic gains with more class time in Spanish, a Kinder Institute analysis shows.
RESEARCH:
EDUCATION
The latest Kinder Houston Area Survey shows notable changes on LGBTQ+ acceptance, school funding and more.
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DEMOGRAPHICS, EDUCATION, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISPARITY
Houston is filled with potentially polluted properties. Residents want them cleaned up.
The 45th Kinder Houston Area Survey shows Houstonians overwhelmingly support the redevelopment of brownfield sites across the region.
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PLACEMAKING
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