Share Your Space to Offset the Housing Crisis

Share your space to offset the housing crisis

Fred Malo Jr. — Open minded soul that I am, I’ve changed my mind about solutions to the current affordable housing crisis. Previously, I thought...

‘Vulnerable people in vulnerable places’: Houston leaders map the housing crisis

By: Nathaniel J. Greene, Community & Culture Reporter Houston’s housing story is one of progress — and pressure. At a Houston Community Media briefing on Oct. 28, local experts mapped the realities shaping where people live, who gets to stay, and who is at risk of losing their footing in the region’s booming economy. “Rent increased 9% in one year, which outpaced wage growth,” said Caroline Cheong of the Kinder Institute. Behind those numbers ar…