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Category: Studies

Podcast Episode 22: Creosote in the Greater Fifth Ward

A Little Louder, Local issues, Studies•by •Posted January 10, 2020

The Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens areas of Houston are historic Black neighborhoods where families have proudly planted roots for…

Tags: Environmental justice, Fifth Ward, Houston, Podcast

‘Unsafe. Unsanitary. Unequal.’ is a digital experience from Texas Housers detailing segregation in Houston’s Project-Based Section 8 Housing

Local issues, State issues, Studies•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted January 2, 2020

In 2019, Texas Housers spent the entire year documenting the disadvantages for Black tenants in HUD-subsidized, Project-Based Section 8 Rental…

Tags: featured, Houston, HUD, project based section 8

Texas Housers presents the Tenant view of Houston’s segregation of Project Based Section 8 Housing in latest report

Local issues, Studies•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted October 10, 2019

Texas Housers is exploring the issues of HUD-subsidized housing from the perspective of the tenants. In Part 1 of a…

Tags: Houston, Report, Section 8

Correction issued in our “Project Based Section 8 Housing: Across Houston and The Woodlands” report

Studies•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted August 30, 2019

An earlier version of our report “Project Based Section 8 Housing: Across Houston and The Woodlands” transposed the REAC scores,…

Tags: Section 8

Texas Housers explores Houston’s segregation of Project Based Section 8 Housing in a new report

Local issues, Studies•by •Posted August 20, 2019

The politics of who is in charge may shift through the years, but our commitment as a nation to providing…

Tags: Houston, Report, Section 8

TxDOT’S Historical Resources Report Omits Houston’s Independence Heights

Local issues, State issues, Studies•by •Posted June 24, 2019

For more than 14 years, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has been planning the North Houston Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP),…

Tags: Environmental justice, Houston, txdot

Gentrification can’t explain all of a neighborhood’s failures. The racial wealth gap allows us to examine deeper.

Local issues, National issues, Studies•by •Posted May 3, 2019

Across the country, there are numerous underserved and disinvested communities fighting for the ownership and legacy of their neighborhoods. Gentrification…

Tags: Gentrification, Racial wealth gap

Black and Latino residents live in more pollution than they cause. This is clearer in Houston more than anywhere else.

Local issues, National issues, Studies•by Sophie Dulberg•Posted March 21, 2019

Early in March, a team of professors and researchers from universities nationwide published a study in Proceedings of the National…

Tags: Environmental justice, Environmental racism, Houston

Where You Live Impacts Your Health Right Down To The ZIP Code

State issues, Studies•by Michael Depland•Posted March 6, 2019

Life expectancy is inextricably tied to an individual’s socioeconomic circumstances; this is fairly common knowledge. However, what is less known…

Tags: Health, Neighborhood inequality, Poverty

It’s increasingly difficult for low-income people to find an affordable home

National issues, State issues, Studies•by •Posted October 26, 2017

The sharp rise in demand for apartment homes and ever-increasing rents have left very low-income households with  few options for…

Tags: Affordable housing, housing choice voucher, Low income housing, Rental housing, Texas

Study finds wealthy homeowners benefit from federal housing programs far more than low-income people

National issues, Studies•by •Posted October 12, 2017

Pop quiz: What is the largest federally-subsidized housing program in the United States? Hint: It’s not Section 8 housing choice…

Tags: federal subsidy, Mortgage Interest Deduction, NLIHC, Section 8
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