Blackstone’s recent $10 billion acquisition of real estate investment trust AIR Communities and a Wall Street Journal article noting that investors bought more than one in four single family homes sold in 2022 have revived questions about the role of institutional buyers in the housing market. In Texas, committees in both the House and Senate…
By Texas’s bicentennial, our state will be home to more than 35 million people. If you are one of the Texans who spend their mornings commuting on a busy highway, you might be wondering to yourself, “Where are those new residents going to go?” Texas’ booming population and accompanying home prices make it a reasonable…
The Smokehouse Creek fire in Hutchinson County was the largest wildfire in Texas history. Extreme weather conditions produced dry grass, warm temperatures and high winds that combined to create a fast-moving inferno that proved difficult to contain and burned for over three weeks. Two people died, hundreds of ranches, farms, and homes burned, thousands of…
During the 88th legislative session, Texas 2036 supported 12 bills aimed at ensuring Texans can access the health care they need, when they need it, and at a price they can afford. Many of those bills were directly implemented by health care markets, but others required state agency action to execute. Extended postpartum Medicaid clears…
Lawmakers’ deliberations and decisions this year on the Texas state budget drew more attention than usual because of the projection of record-breaking revenue announced just before they began work last January. Here are a few of the top stories that framed the year in state budget and revenue: Projected $32.7B Surplus for Lawmakers (Dallas Morning…
The pro-housing movement made tremendous progress across the nation in 2023. Efforts to increase access to a diversified housing supply and educate lawmakers and the public on the housing crisis and the remedies that are within reach are gaining momentum nationwide. Here are six articles to read before the new year: 1. Financial Times: Repeat…