PEW TRUSTS: Inside: 5 lessons from Houston's housing reform

 

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Smaller Minimum Lot Sizes = Housing Affordability? When Texas's largest city legalized smaller minimum lot sizes, Houstonians got ... 🌆 More housing choices 🏠 More affordable family-size homes 🤝 More diverse communities 5 LESSONS LEARNED

We Aren't Saving Enough for Retirement. Who'll Pay? MONEY 🔮 Looking into the future, we predict that retirement shortfalls could cost government and taxpayers over $1.3 trillion by 2040. State savings programs could help. LEARN MORE

Federal Agencies Can Improve Access to Manufactured Housing Over 40% of homebuyers who finance a pre-built home rely on riskier personal property loans—not mortgages. These loans lack federal support, so they're more expensive and less accessible, affecting marginalized communities most. LEARN MORE

IN THE MEDIA Everything You Need to Know as Student Loan Payments Resume THE WASHINGTON POST Austin Will Try Again to Tame Its Housing Affordability Crisis With Zoning Reforms. Can It Do It This Time? THE TEXAS TRIBUNE Tear Down the Invisible Walls Around Housing Reform THE MESSENGER

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