Missing Middle Housing: Experts Panel, Hosted by Texans for Housing
Texans for Housing is hosting an experts panel about Missing Middle Housing in Houston. This networking and panel event gathers housing advocates, leaders, learners, and changemakers from across Greater Houston to discuss missing middle housing, the range of options our region needs, and the opportunities and challenges in developing and encouraging these diverse housing options, and how we can work together.
Our Panel:
Dr. Ashley Allen, Executive Director of Houston Community Land Trust
Garland Harris Jr., President of Middle Housing Design Co.
Jason Hyman, Urban Planning Specialist of RealInc.
Moderator:
Dr. German Cubas, UH Associate Professor of Macroeconomics and Economic Growth and Development
Schedule of Events:
9 AM - 10 AM: Networking & Breakfast
10 AM - 12 PM: Programming
Missing Middle Housing is housing that provides diverse housing options along the spectrum of affordability, including duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, cottage courts, and more (National League of Cities).
About 80% of Houston's housing is single-family homes, with townhomes making up much of the rest. When these are the main housing choices available, low-to-moderate income families have few homes they can afford.
Who benefits from Missing Middle Housing in Houston?
First-time buyers account for 20% of all Texas home purchases
low-to-moderate income families that make up ~48% of Houston households
Young professors under the age of 35 make up ~25% of Houston's total population
Houston's workforce
Seniors aged 65 and older make up 11% of Houston's total population
Downsizers, and many others
So Houston, we have a Missing Middle Housing Problem.