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🧵Last week, the Houston Chronicle published a first-of-its-kind property tax guide that packages years of our reporting with custom data tools. We know navigating taxes and appraisals can be confusing. So we set out to democratize the process ⬇️ houstonchronicle.com/projects/2025/…

New tariffs. Rising costs. A critical shortage of affordable housing. What does all this mean for Houston homebuyers? I spoke with economists and builders about how new Trump-era policies could shape our housing market: houstonchronicle.com/business/real-… via @houstonchron

IMPACT ALERT; Just weeks after Yilun Cheng, Matt Zdun and R.A. Schuetz exposed a controversial property tax break depriving low-income Houstonians of truly affordable housing, the Housing Authority had paused use of that tax break. houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…

Wow: The Houston Housing Authority has stopped granting millions in tax breaks for a controversial housing program via Yilun Cheng/Houston Chronicle houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga… #txlege

New = A 106-year tax break? 🚨Texas lawmakers look to close loopholes in unchecked economic development laws houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga… via @houstonchron

🥳 I'm officially taking over Houston Chronicle's Houston Explained product, please follow along! houstonchronicle.com/projects/houst…

Hi Houston! I’ll be on Reddit at r/houston next Wednesday, May. 14 at 10 am with Mike Morris to answer your questions about property taxes and the Houston Chronicle's guide ➡️ houstonchronicle.com/propertytaxes! Plus, we'll debut our new investigation. Save the date and ask us anything!

Exclusive: FEMA chief is fired, leaving the nation’s disaster agency without a top official three weeks before the start of the Atlantic hurricane season. politico.com/news/2025/05/0…

One of the worst things about the Texas Legislature is how members make regular citizens — whose input they ostensibly want — wait hours and hours, sometimes well past midnight, to testify before committees. Good read here by Alejandra Martinez ⬇️ texastribune.org/2025/05/09/tex…

New w/@houstonchron and Mike Morris : Houston's affordable neighborhoods aren't so affordable anymore. Here's why low-income Houstonians are at risk of displacement 🧵 houstonchronicle.com/projects/2025/…

New = Home values have risen sharply in many of Houston’s working-class neighborhoods in recent years, an abrupt change after years of flat values. This shift is eroding the city’s affordability and putting residents at greater risk of displacement. houstonchronicle.com/projects/2025/…

A few weeks ago, I wrote that CenterPoint would hike rates to pass on $400M of its derecho & other storm costs from last May to Houston-area customers. Many readers responded: Why is the company allowed to do this? Today's story tackles that question: houstonchronicle.com/business/energ…

Residents are concerned that they have to learn about these projects through public records requests, which are often sent to the AG.

Committee overseeing Houston Police is limited and largely silent — even after George Floyd's death. Here's some reasons why 🧵 houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…

Fifth Ward may be the hardest-hit neighborhood in all of Texas by SNAP cuts houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…

The Texas Apartment Association has been a powerful force in Austin for decades, helping turn TX into one of the most landlord-friendly states. Megan Kimble and I show how a bill marketed as a crackdown on squatting is testing the group’s influence houstonchronicle.com/projects/2025/…

In Harris County, tens of thousands of homes located ouside of FEMA floodplains have flooded before or are at high risk of flooding in the future. Search our maps to learn more about your property’s flood risk. w/ Caroline E Ghisolfi houstonchronicle.com/projects/2025/…

New: Houston officials doubled down on their $0 federal allocation for housing post Beryl and derecho today, citing advice the city received from the Trump/Biden admins on its inability to spend its cash in the past. houstonchronicle.com/politics/houst… via Houston Chronicle

How will Trump’s cuts to FEMA & HUD impact Houston’s disaster recovery efforts this hurricane season? Will they affect the $300M+ in federal grants the city is still waiting to receive following last year’s Hurricane Beryl and May derecho? Read more ⬇️ houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…

Seeing all the townhomes popping up around the East End, you’d think that the are is booming. In fact, the opposite is occurring: the East End’s population is dropping at some of the highest rates in the city, even as new households move in (gift link) ⬇️ houstonchronicle.com/projects/2025/…