Joshua Fechter

Some Texas lawmakers have signaled an appetite to tackle the state’s housing affordability crisis when they convene next year.

One county employee was charged in the probe, however, after investigators said he failed to make sure polling locations had enough ballots.

Texas needs hundreds of thousands more homes than it has, per one estimate. That shortage has driven up home prices and rents.

Texas Republicans have been trying to reduce the state’s high property taxes for years, but some acknowledge eliminating them would be too expensive.

The Texas Tribune is writing about the state’s housing affordability crisis. Help us tell the story.

Texas Windstorm Insurance Association officials argued they needed a 10% rate increase to help insure a growing number of policyholders.

A new breed of activists wants Texas to tame costs by building more housing. But longstanding opposition to such policies remains strong.

The Texas Tribune examined the state’s housing affordability crisis and why the state has struggled to build enough homes to meet demand.

Texas builds more homes than other states but hundreds of thousands more are still needed, the report said, contributing to higher housing costs.

Texas’ top elections official said Friday that federal inspectors can’t be inside polls or places where ballots are counted under Texas law after the DOJ announced plans to send monitors to the state.