Houston

The Houston City Council approved a developer's plan to build hundreds of homes in a floodplain. But future flooding is all but inevitable.

• By Rebecca Worby

Much of the blame for the poor response to the disaster fell on the Red Cross, but Houston-area officials are not exempt from responsibility.

• By Jessica Huseman & Decca Muldowney

Here are three policies that officials should adopt to help the sprawling city keep housing affordable after a terrible storm.

• By Nolan Gray

Mayor Sylvester Turner gave his strongest endorsement to date for constructing a physical coastal barrier to protect the region from deadly storm surge.

• By Kiah Collier & Neena Satija

More than one in five Houstonians don't speak English very well. When it comes to recent immigrants, community organizations are critical to disaster response.

• By Francie Diep

The infrastructural failure could release a torrent of water into portions of the city that are already submerged—including downtown.

• By Kiah Collier, Neena Satija, Al Shaw & Lisa Song

A little-noticed executive action removed rules that would have held new infrastructure projects to a higher storm-proofing standard.

• By Kriston Capps

Houston has a de facto zoning problem.

• By Jim Russell

The later the economic boom, the greater the municipal area.

• By Jim Russell

Winning the demographic lottery is nothing to crow about.

• By Jim Russell

Housing supply populism avoids race and economic inequality.

• By Jim Russell

A city with more outsiders is more likely to attract more outsiders. And birthplace diversity, not density, is what fuels prosperity.

• By Jim Russell