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Infrastructure negotiations are ramping up in Washington, D.C. President Joe Biden has unveiled his administration s roughly $2 trillion plan to improve U.S. infrastructure and shift to greener energy over the next 8 years. The American Jobs Plan would put $621 billion toward improvements to transportation infrastructure including roads, bridges, public transit, waterways, airports and electric vehicles; $300 billion to boost manufacturing; $213 billion to build and update homes and housing units; $111 billion for water infrastructure; $100 billion for improvements at public schools and community colleges; and $18 billion to modernize Veterans Affairs hospitals and federal buildings.
Rice researchers warn rampant redevelopment in Houston is major threat to affordable housing
An uptick in new townhome construction in Houston may let people live closer to jobs and services, but it could eventually price many Houstonians out of the city’s historic neighborhoods, according to a new report from Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
A row of modern townhouses in a new subdivision
“Re-Taking Stock: Understanding How Trends in the Housing Stock and Gentrification are connected in Houston and Harris County” was authored by Kinder Institute researchers John Park and Luis Guajardo. Through a series of case studies, the report shows the different types of housing that develops when Houston-area neighborhoods gentrify. The work expands on prior Kinder Institute studies about countywide gentrification and development.