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Urban Review: Politicians on Twitter, Poverty in Texas and a Climate Action Plan for Houston
This week, why your political representative shouldn't block you, what the latest poverty numbers mean for Texas cities and a new climate action plan in the works for Houston.
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Q+A: Disaster, Greening and Displacement
BCNUEJ | Reflections from a resiliency and environmental justice expert on how greening strategies after Hurricane Harvey are connecting to displacement.
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Study: Northern Third Ward vs. Gentrification
In Houston's Third Ward, organizing against gentrification isn't just about property and displacement. It's also about building community capacity.
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Report Describes Fragmented Highway Enforcement in Houston
One clear path for improvement is the highway enforcement of Harris County and the Houston region.
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Urban Review: Hot Cities, Emergency Prep in Houston and Another Anti-Homeless Ordinance Struck Down
This week, as cities heat up, how are they addressing rising temperatures? Plus, a look at newly released data on self-reported emergency preparedness in the Houston metropolitan area, the latest court ruling on a sidewalk sleeping ban in Boise and more.
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Harris County's Contract Deputy Program Presents Funding and Equity Concerns
The program allows private entities to contract for law enforcement patrol but it presents funding and equity challenges.
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Report Details Possible Law Enforcement Consolidations and Collaborations
With dozens of law enforcement agencies across Harris County, there is potential for overlapping services.
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City Puts Land Bank, Recovery Dollars to Work with New Single-Family Home Construction
A retooled land bank program seeks to improve the city's affordable housing construction record while coordinating influx of disaster recovery funding.
Urban Review: Spatial Mismatch, Cash Bail and Harvey's Deadly Legacy
This week, more research on the impact of living far away from jobs, an effective end to cash bail in California and why Harris County's count of Harvey-related deaths could be too low.
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To Pay for Trauma Centers, State Program Sinks Thousands of Texas Drivers into Deep Debt
Texas Tribune | Though lawmakers acknowledge the policy disproportionately hurts the poor, they've struggled to eliminate it.
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