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1/ As part of our yearlong exploration on the future of Texas, we're traveling to Houston for two days of conversations on urban Texas: bit.ly/31iSjsv

Follow this thread for some discussion points + a preview of what to expect! #ttevents #txlege

2/ @usnews reported in May that Texas leads the nation for fastest-growing cities, with five cities in the top 10. Can Texas’ infrastructure, housing and schools handle its growth? bit.ly/33b37KJ #ttevents #txlege

@usnews 3/ While Texas cities continue to add the greatest number of people, the action is really in the suburbs.

Four of the state’s suburban cities ranked among the fastest-growing areas in the country in 2016. bit.ly/2N91qIr #ttevents #txlege

@usnews 4/ Earlier this year, @KUT reported Texas as lacking in low-income housing.

As far as availability, Houston had the lowest per-capita rate of available affordable units, followed by Dallas, Austin and San Antonio. bit.ly/33kXnyo #ttevents #txlege

@usnews @KUT 5/ Our urban affairs reporter @jpgarnham reported that the federal government plans to make housing assistance harder for undocumented immigrants: bit.ly/2rc6MtR

https://twitter.com/jpgarnham/status/1164919171395784704

@usnews @KUT @jpgarnham 6/ Millenials want public transit and cities that are walkable. With @DMagazine, we looked at why many city's transportation plans look old school. bit.ly/2LubacL

@usnews @KUT @jpgarnham @DMagazine 7/ In June, @dallasnews provided an exploration of Texas’ most dynamic economies. bit.ly/33bOvek

@usnews @KUT @jpgarnham @DMagazine @dallasnews 8/ More than half of the candidates who responded to @HoustonPubMedia’s flood survey in October said Houston should stop building new construction in the 100-year floodplain. bit.ly/34qpUT6

@usnews @KUT @jpgarnham @DMagazine @dallasnews @HoustonPubMedia 9/ @TexasMonthly reported last month about Austin’s brawl over homelessness, an issue that has stirred backlash that obscures the progress some Texas cities have made in steering the homeless off the streets: bit.ly/2ptf3Jx

@usnews @KUT @jpgarnham @DMagazine @dallasnews @HoustonPubMedia @TexasMonthly 10/ In our latest edition of Tenth Talks, our year-long video series on the next 10 years of Texas, top leaders in housing, homelessness and transportation predicted the future of Texas cities: bit.ly/34oTVmc

@usnews @KUT @jpgarnham @DMagazine @dallasnews @HoustonPubMedia @TexasMonthly 11/11 Ready for what's next?

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