Improving Housing for Working Class Residents: Houston 2025 Workforce Housing Plan
The City of Houston, fourth most populous city in America, and soon to be number three based on its current growth rate. This welcome growth has brought a number of challenges, particularly in areas of transportation infrastructure and housing affordability. If Houston is to continue to thrive and prosper, city leaders must work vigorously to help retain its two main selling characteristics: economic opportunity and affordable cost of living.
The City plays a role in maintaining a business friendly regulatory environment that helps attract new employers and retain existing businesses within the city, however, the City plays a very limited role in job creation. In housing, contrastingly, the City can play a more significant role in delivery of moderately priced housing, and in implementation of policies to preserve the City’s housing affordability
