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H-GAC hosts events focusing on various elements of housing in the Houston-Galveston Region.
Past Workshops
Missing Middle Housing: A Regional Conversation - January 19, 2023
Missing Middle Housing: A Regional Conversation
Missing Middle Housing refers to house-scale buildings with multiple units that fill the housing gap between single-family homes and large apartment complexes.
At this peer exchange, participants heard innovative approaches to developing Missing Middle Housing and preserving affordable workforce housing from a panel of housing experts, followed by roundtable conversations.
Missing Middle Housing: A Regional Conversation - August 3, 2022
Missing Middle Housing: A Regional Conversation
Missing Middle Housing refers to house-scale buildings with multiple units that fill the housing gap between single-family homes and large apartment complexes.
At this peer exchange, participants heard about facts and data for our region from H-GAC staff and engaged in a facilitated discussion.
Paths to Locally Driven Affordable Rental Housing - September 17, 2021
Paths to Locally Driven Affordable Rental Housing
This summit explored opportunities related to housing with speakers from a variety of backgrounds and geographies. Panelists discussed how preserving naturally occurring affordable rental housing, working with small builders and developers, and other locally driven solutions can protect housing affordability.
Presentations
Christopher Ptomey, Urban Land Institute Terwilliger Center for Housing
Housing for the Future: A Regional Conversation - August 17, 2018
Housing for the Future: A Regional Conversation
This summit brought together housing experts and local officials from across the region to discuss a broad vision for the region's housing and the specific strategies that can be used to increase housing availability, quality, and choice across rural, suburban, and urban communities.
Presentations
Housing for the Future: A Regional Conversation
Additional Slides - Housing Costs and Burdens
Jeff Taebel, FAICP, H-GAC
Housing Trends in North Texas
Mark Meyer, TBG Dallas
Housing Trends in Houston
Lawrence Dean, Metrostudy
Housing for the Future
B.J. Simon, Baytown-West Chambers County Economic Development Foundation