In Houston’s Fifth Ward, history isn’t just remembered — it’s lived. For generations, the neighborhood has been built on faith, family and fierce community pride. It’s also the place that helped shape champions and changemakers like George Foreman, Barbara Jordan and Mickey Leland. But alongside that proud history, the community now faces a modern-day challenge: the loss of affordable housing.

Houston’s first 3D-printed community is about to start production. The developers of Zuri Gardens bill the project as attainable, sustainable and the future.

A groundbreaking affordable housing initiative in Houston’s Third Ward is turning vacant lots into dream homes, offering new residences at rents less than half the area’s average market rate.

A renovation is coming to Houston’s Sunnyside neighborhood, as Fairstead puts $20 million into updating the Sunflower Terrace Apartments. Work starts this summer and is expected to wrap by August 2026, bringing upgraded homes and modern amenities to one of the city’s longstanding affordable housing communities.

An affordable housing project in Houston’s Independence Heights neighborhood is back on after being temporarily paused.

With the rising rent prices, these affordable housing projects come at a vital time.

Sunday marks seven years since Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas.

We found one company that took a hotel that used to be full of issues, like drugs and shootings, and completely turned it around.

Every day, hundreds of people in Houston and Harris County face eviction and they are left trying to figure out their next step.

For many years, the Midtown Redevelopment Authority has created new opportunities for affordable housing in Houston’s Greater Third Ward community.

A new apartment complex that will feature affordable housing units for seniors is coming to the Galleria area.

With home prices, rent and evictions on the rise, one of the nation’s largest banks is investing in the future of affordable housing in Houston.

When we think about the world and the problems people encounter every day, a few of the biggest hurdles would be poverty and hunger, climate change and inequality, to name a few.

Episode 2 of “Solutionaries” tackles the lack of affordable housing across America and highlights the people and organizations who are working to solve the crisis.

As part of an initiative to create more affordable housing and an increased inventory of homes, President Joe Biden recently announced his administration wants to make single-family homes less available to investors.

When you hear the term “affordable housing,” what do you think of?

It’s been a strange time, living through a global pandemic. What first might have come as a surprise, is the housing boom that followed -- and the fact that things have stayed red hot.

Just in the past few weeks, the Biden administration announced it would take steps to address a severe housing shortage in the U.S.

Some neighbors are not too excited about an affordable living complex expected to show up near their neighborhood in Northwest Harris County.

HOUSTON – A building-by-building, door-to-door effort took place Wednesday to help protect some of the most vulnerable Houstonians from COVID-19. Staff from New Hope Housing continued that effort at an apartment complex on Harrisburg Street tucked between EADO and the Second Ward. New Hope has more than 1500 residents in nine properties across Houston. Staffers have been going to every property to arm all their residents with information to stay healthy and receive the vaccine. “To ensure where they know to get the vaccine, that they’re registered and on lists for vaccines, and they can safely get to and from their appointment to receive the vaccine,” Mangrem said.