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Newly developed apartments sit next to older homes in Dallas' Oak Cliff neighborhood on July 11, 2024.

Texas Legislature 2025

Amid housing affordability crisis, Texas House votes to take some power from NIMBYs

By Joshua FechterMay 5, 2025May 6, 2025

Texas lawmakers have sought to make it easier to build more homes — and harder for neighbors to block projects.

Texas Rep. Gene Wu looks on during a press conference in opposition to Senate Bill 147 outside of City Hall on January 23, 2023, in downtown Houston, Texas.

Texas Legislature 2025

Houston Rep. Gene Wu to lead Texas House Democrats through GOP-dominated legislative session

By Renzo DowneyDec. 5, 2024

Wu defeated incumbent Trey Martinez Fischer on Thursday to become the next chair of the Texas House Democratic Caucus.

Some Texas Republicans are warming up to the idea of reforming land-use rules in the state, which housing advocates believe get in the way of building more homes and contribute to the housing affordability crisis.

Republicans’ budding interest in Texas’ housing crisis could create strange political bedfellows

By Joshua FechterMarch 27, 2024March 28, 2024

Republican lawmakers may try to force Texas cities to allow greater housing density as the state faces a housing crunch.