Military Moms Fight for Safe Housing
And a Texas housing empire fights back.
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COVID-19 Reveals the Urgent Need to House the Homeless
As state and local governments scramble to provide the homeless access to rooms in order to save them (and us) from the coronavirus pandemic, it’s worth keeping one eye on the future.
The COVID-19 Crisis Points the Way Toward a Better Texas
Once the virus passes, there's no reason to let the powerful return peacefully to business as usual.
10 Ways to Help Your Fellow Texans Endure the Coronavirus Pandemic
Give to your local food bank, donate blood, or support an emergency housing fund.
A Day in the Harris County Eviction Court
Harris County evictions increased dramatically from 2015 to 2016, and then remained higher from 2017 to 2019. No one knows why.
Baffled City
Exploring the architecture of gentrification.
The Gentrification of Texas
As the cost of housing skyrockets, Texans are getting pushed out and left behind. The stakes couldn’t be higher.
Advocacy Groups Say Lubbock’s 2040 Land Use Plan Violates the Fair Housing Act
Texas Housers and the Lubbock NAACP filed a federal complaint alleging that industrial zoning in East and North Lubbock disproportionately burdens black and Hispanic neighborhoods.
I’ve Lived in East Austin for 60 Years, and I Don’t Recognize it Anymore
As gentrification reshapes my neighborhood, I fear we’re losing something of real value to our city.
American Cities Weren’t Revitalized by the White ‘Creative Class.’ Immigrants Made Them Great.
Barrio America weaves together several strands of urban studies to tell a story that transcends what might seem like irrevocable barriers of race and class.