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After a terrifying near-death experience, we live to muckrake another day.
Sweltering temperatures imperil unsheltered residents, and community resources aren’t a given.
The City of Austin is back to playing whack-a-mole with its large unsheltered population.
Simple overall stats don’t show the truth of the housing crisis.
The longtime state representative and congressional candidate parrots conservative talking points in wedge-issue mailer.
San Antonio officials say demolition orders are a tool of last resort—yet issue them far more often than every other major city in the state combined.
Predominantly Latino residents in Grand Prairie, west of Dallas, say they’ve been told little or nothing about air, soil and groundwater poisoned by TCE, a known human carcinogen.
Photographer Dimitri Staszewski takes a look at the city's increasingly gentrified neighborhood.
Incidences of mold in Texas homes exploded after the mid-February storm, which burst pipes and allowed moisture to seep into buildings’ foundations at a rapid rate.
As housing prices skyrocket in Texas, desperate buyers will try anything to stand out. But experts say the implications are troubling.