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Affordable Housing

Houston needs 200,000 more affordable units. This is where the policies, programs, and organizations working on that gap come together.

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TSU HCDPR – Advancing Health Disparities & Policy Research

TSU's HUD-funded center researches housing policy, equity, and community development for underserved Texas communities.

Texas Southern University

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Congress passed a landmark housing bill. Here’s why the impact on Houston might be minimal.

Rice University — Center for Civic Leadership

Beyond the streets: Estimated 140,000-plus Houston-area adults were temporarily homeless in prior year

HIGH ORDER OF OWL TAILGATING SOCIETY

Harris County multifamily housing construction tops single-family development by largest margin in recent history

HIGH ORDER OF OWL TAILGATING SOCIETY

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Health is delivered by many kinds of people and institutions. Start here to see who is providing care, organizing support, funding work, and shaping the system.

Harris County Commissioners Court

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Beyond the streets: Estimated 140,000-plus Houston-area adults were temporarily homeless in prior year

Harris County multifamily housing construction tops single-family development by largest margin in recent history

What's keeping Harris County housing unaffordable? These 4 charts and maps offer clues.

Request by Housing and Community Development for approval to accept an amendment to an agreement with the City of Houston to extend the end date to September 30, 2026, with no change in the amount, for the PY24 HSP-Homeless Services Program, HCHCD Homelessness Prevention Program.

Request by Housing and Community Development for approval to accept an amendment to an agreement with the Texas General Land Office to extend the grant end date to August 31, 2025 and revise the Performance Statement for the Cloverleaf Drainage Improvements project.

Request for approval of a Subrecipient Agreement with the Harris County Department of Housing and Community Development, establishing execution of the CDBG-DR and CDBG-MIT path forward approved by Commissioners Court on Thursday, June 11, 2026.

Request for approval of the HOME ARP Allocation Plan substantial amendment for the PY2021 Annual Action Plan.

1,692,896 occupied units

Total occupied housing units

Source: U.S. Census Bureau / American Community Survey (ACS)

924,703 owner-occupied

Owner-occupied housing

Source: U.S. Census Bureau / American Community Survey (ACS)

768,193 renter-occupied

Renter-occupied housing

Source: U.S. Census Bureau / American Community Survey (ACS)

$235,300

Median home value

Source: U.S. Census Bureau / American Community Survey (ACS)

$1,269

Median gross rent

Source: U.S. Census Bureau / American Community Survey (ACS)

139,852 without internet

Households without internet

Source: U.S. Census Bureau / American Community Survey (ACS)

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Who works in Affordable Housing in Houston

Bay Area Turning Point, Inc.

Coalition for the Homeless

Coordinates Houston's homeless response system, connecting people to housing and services through data-driven community partnerships.

Third Ward Community Development Corporation

Building economic power and civic life in Third Ward, Houston's historic African American heart.

BakerRipley

Houston's community anchor — 30+ centers, 500,000 neighbors, and 100 years of showing up.

Community Assistance Center

Texas House of Representatives

The lower chamber of the Texas Legislature

Eldridge / West Oaks

Texas House of Representatives

1 connection in this ecosystem

Rice University — Center for Civic Leadership

1 connection in this ecosystem

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Request for approval to execute two agreements to support single-family housing development in concert with the approval to issue immediate payments of awards of $50,000 each to two separate entities: (a) HCPOA Providence Place Association, Inc.; and (b) HCPOA Orchard Place Association, Inc.

Request by the Office of the Purchasing Agent that the County Judge execute an amendment to an agreement with Tejano Center for Community Concerns, Inc. to decrease funds by $500,000 for American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) single-family home rehabilitation for Harris County for the period of November 12, 2024 - December 31, 2026 (240124), Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: 0% - Specialized, Technical, or Unique in Nature.

Request by Housing and Community Development for approval of a fourth amendment to an agreement with The Salvation Army of Greater Houston for PSH Preservation funded by $7,467,127.05 in American Rescue Plan Act 2021 (ARPA) Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) and General Flex Funds.

Request by Housing and Community Development for approval of a fifth amendment to an agreement with The Salvation Army of Greater Houston for PSH Preservation funded by $7,608,304.47 in American Rescue Plan Act 2021 (ARPA) Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) and General Flex Funds.

Request by Housing and Community Development for approval to accept an amendment to an agreement with the Texas General Land Office for the Harris County Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) Program - Infrastructure and Planning Project.

Request by the Office of the Purchasing Agent that the County Judge execute an amendment to agreement with Habitat for Humanity - Northwest Harris County, Inc. to add language updating the terms to allow the subrecipient to provide additional rehabilitation services for American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) single-family home rehabilitation for Harris County for the period of November 12, 2024 - December 31, 2026, with no increase to the total contract amount (240124), Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: 0% - Specialized, Technical, or Unique in Nature.

Request for approval of six (6) Community Development Block Grant Entitlement (CDBG-EN) funded first amendments to agreements with 1) Harris County Precinct 3 total allocation of $1,062,292 for the Runneburg Estates Road Improvements project; 2) Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 21 total allocation of $559,762 for the Drinking Water Pump Station Improvements project; 3) Harris County Precinct 2 total allocation of $1,197,114 for the Cheswick Drive Water Distribution project; 4) Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 74 total allocation of $635,669 for the Sanitary Sewer Improvements project; 5) Sheldon Road Municipal Utility District total allocation of $799,189 for the Water Line Improvements project; 6) Sunbelt Fresh Water Supply District total allocation of $876,383 for the Oak Glen Water Line Replacement, Phase 2 project.

Request by Housing and Community Development for approval of an interlocal agreement between the Harris County Housing Finance Corporation and Harris County Flood Control District for site work performed at the Eastex Project, a previously purchased property located at 0 Eastex Freeway, Houston, Texas 77039 in Precinct 1, at no cost to the county.

Request for approval for the Executive Director of Housing and Community Development to execute the local government certification for one (1) nonprofit organization conducting Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) shelter activities and requesting to be approved for Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs ESG annual funds.

Request for approval of eight (8) amendments to agreements funded by Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) funds to update the Scope of Services, budget, and Federal Award Identification Table with 1) Family Endeavors, Inc. for Endeavors Emergency Service Grant; 2) SEARCH Homeless Services for SEARCH Rapid Re-Housing; 3) Beacon of Downtown Houston for Shelter Operations; 4) Covenant House Texas for Street Outreach Program for Homeless Youth/Young Adults; 5) HTX H.O.P.E. Haven for Street Outreach; 6) The Salvation Army for Jones Family Residence - Emergency Shelter; 7) The Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Inc. for Emergency Housing Project; and 8) Houston Area Women’s Center for Emergency Shelter for Survivors.

Request that the County Judge execute an amendment to an agreement with Honesty Environmental Services, Inc. in the additional amount of $10,000 to add department for additional services for risk assessment for lead-based paint in residences for Public Health Services for the period of October 31, 2026 - October 30, 2027 (230078), Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: 0% - Minimal MWDBE Availability.

Request that the County Judge execute an interlocal assignment and funding agreement wherein the County designates the Harris County Redevelopment Authority as a fiscal delegate for designated affordable housing projects funded in whole or in part by Reinvestment Zone Number Sixteen.

To amend title 39, United States Code, to establish rules and procedures for the United States Postal Service regarding the use of centralized delivery of the mail with respect to residential housing units, and for other purposes.

Request that the County Judge execute an amendment to an agreement with Houston Area Community Services, Inc. dba Avenue 360 Health & Wellness in the additional amount of $75,721 to provide settlement and full compensation for services rendered from November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025 for permanent supportive housing and associated supportive services to meet gaps in the Homeless Response System for the Housing and Community Development Department for the amended period of November 1, 2025 - October 31, 2026 (210124), Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: 0% - Specialized, Technical, or Unique in Nature.

Request by Housing and Community Development for approval of a sixth amendment to an agreement with The Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County (CFTH) funded by the American Rescue Plan Act 2021 (ARPA) Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) and Community Development Block Grant CARES Act (CDBG-CV) Funds.

Request by Housing and Community Development for approval to accept an amendment to an agreement with the Texas General Land Office (GLO) to increase Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds to $885,431,475.04 and extend the grant end date to August 31, 2026 for the FY 2017 CDBG-DR Hurricane Harvey Round One Funding Program.

Congress passed a landmark housing bill. Here’s why the impact on Houston might be minimal.

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