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Accountability, capacity building and collaboration key …

WEBIn order to address the short-term­ stressors and long-term health risks facing Settegast, the Urban Land Institute’s Houston branch was selected in August 2021 as a grantee for the ULI National’s District …

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Houston public health could benefit from a more collaborative

WEBRecently, the Kinder Institute and the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston took a fresh look at the question of whether these two agencies …

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With community action plan, Settegast takes next step toward …

WEBFollowing a three-phase, 18-month project, Harris County Public Health has released a community action plan for Settegast, a historically Black neighborhood in …

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In Acres Homes, a homegrown effort to make healthy foods …

WEBKristin Bennett is trying to reduce the size of a Houston food desert that’s home to 38,000 people. To do this, she and a team of fellow volunteers launched a …

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Health Kinder Institute for Urban Research Rice University

WEBThis report examines the possible service overlaps between the Harris County Department of Public Health and the City of Houston Department of Health and Human …

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Who's Really Getting the Benefit

WEBImproved housing stock, revamped parks and new bike lanes and grocery stores are some of the promised benefits of gentrification. But many of the same …

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From battling pandemics to serving the uninsured, why Houston’s …

WEBBoom will receive the 2024 Stephen L. Klineberg Award for outstanding leadership in health care at the 2024 Kinder Institute Luncheon on May 20. Ticket sales …

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Data Kinder Institute for Urban Research Rice University

WEB6100 Main St. MS-208. Houston, TX 77005-1892. [email protected]. 713-348-4132. Subscribe to our e-newsletter. Located in an urban environment on a 300-acre tree-lined …

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Trees battle Houston’s brutal heat, but many poorer areas are left

WEBAs former Kinder Institute research fellow Chris Servidio pointed out in a 2019 Urban Edge piece: Shade, regardless of the source, is especially important to those who …

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Settegast: A case study in endemic racism within Houston’s …

WEBThere are also findings in Settegast that are at odds with the State of Housing report’s major findings and county-wide trends. These neighborhood findings suggest …

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Houstonians have put aside concerns about public health as …

WEBOn May 11, 2021, Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research released the results of the 40th annual Houston Area Survey. Among the findings: 22% …

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How Proximity to Clinics Affects Teen Birth Rates

WEBThough the teenage birth rate has been declining nationally in recent years, Texas has the fourth-highest rate of teen motherhood in the country, tied with New …

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Sunnyside survey shows neighborhood's social fabric is strong

WEBSunnyside is one of Houston’s oldest historically black communities. It was founded in 1912 and developed exclusively for African-American residents during a time …

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Could parks be a panacea for what ails Houston

WEBThe Trust for Public Land (TPL), a national environmental nonprofit that advocates for parks and greenspace, ranked Houston 71st out of 100 major U.S. cities …

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In Houston, the new normal should include more efforts to reduce …

WEBBut not much changed, he found. Through April 8, Schade saw no overall reduction in smog-forming nitrogen oxide.In fact, fine particulate matter, a widespread air …

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Research shows benefits of guaranteed income as launch of Harris …

WEBUplift Harris plans to send $500 a month to over 1,900 households in an 18-month span. Applicants, who will learn if they were selected in March, were required to …

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Q&A with Rose Gowen: How Brownsville is fighting public obesity …

WEBRose Gowen is a city commissioner and OB-GYN in Brownsville, a city of 180,000 that sits just north of the Texas-Mexico border. The greater Brownsville area …

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Welcome to Acres Homes. Acres Home. Acreage Homes

WEBToday, while many residents have their preference, the neighborhood’s name seems fluid in the official record. There’s the City of Houston’s Acres Homes Multi …

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