Housing

‘You See People With Mushrooms Growing Out of Their Carpets’: Tenants With Mold in Their Homes Have Little Recourse

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.

by Sam Russek

Keep Reading

Writing ‘Love Letters’ Can Give Home Buyers an Edge—and Open the Door to Discrimination

by Megan Kimble and Dan Solomon

The CDC Halted Evictions. Texas Judges Are Proceeding Anyway.

by Megan Kimble

Life and Death in a Texas Homeless Camp

by Gus Bova

Building Trust

As Texans face the skyrocketing cost of housing, community land trusts offer the promise of permanent affordability. You just have to give up ownership of your land.

by Megan Kimble

Midtown, Houston—This is a classic new Texas triptych. Balconies that aren’t usable. Landscaping that is barely even decorative, let alone functional. Even some surveillance capitalism, as a treat. Maybe the saddest part is how few new Texas houses have porches, one of the features of older residential architecture that served as a gesture of welcome.

Baffled City

Exploring the architecture of gentrification.

by Allyn West and Spencer Selvidge

The Gentrification of Texas

As the cost of housing skyrockets, Texans are getting pushed out and left behind. The stakes couldn’t be higher.

by Texas Observer