Ceili Doyle

2 weeks ago | houstonlanding.org | Ceili Doyle

Despite being consistently ranked as one of the most “affordable cities” in the country, Houston increasingly is becoming more expensive for longtime residents and newcomers. Just ask Amy Connolly, chief of staff for the city’s Housing and Community Development Department, who said there is a misconception about Houston’s affordability. “It’s always shocking to me how much rent for an apartment is, even here,” she said.

3 weeks ago | houstonlanding.org | Ceili Doyle

Prancing across the living room last week, Emely De La Garza took one look at her father disassembling a television and her mother frantically packing boxes and declared with the sweeping authority only a 5-year-old can possess:  “This is a mess!”A mess indeed. Her parents, Erick and Marta De La Garza, stayed up the entire night packing in preparation for a moving company to transport their home from Country Road Park, a trailer park in northwest Houston, to a new mobile home community in Spring.

3 weeks ago | houstonlanding.org | Ceili Doyle |Monroe Trombly

Haz clic aquí para leer nuestra investigación en inglés. CLEVELAND, TX — A finales de 2017, los legisladores de Texas establecieron un distrito fiscal especial en el condado no incorporado de Liberty a petición de los promotores inmobiliarios de Colony Ridge Inc. y de los hermanos William “Trey” y John Harris.

3 weeks ago | houstonlanding.org | Ceili Doyle |Monroe Trombly

CLEVELAND, TX — In late 2017, Texas lawmakers established a special taxing district in unincorporated Liberty County at the request of Colony Ridge Inc. developers and brothers William “Trey” and John Harris. Liberty County Municipal Management District No. 1 was created to enhance law enforcement and firefighting services, improve infrastructure, such as roads and drainage, and foster economic development in the rapidly expanding collection of subdivisions.

1 month ago | houstonlanding.org | Eileen Grench |Ceili Doyle

Read this story in English. El lunes 24 de febrero, Erik Payán Ibarra se despertó de buen humor. Antes de irse a trabajar a su tienda de neumáticos en Colony Ridge, una extensa urbanización en el condado de Liberty, dejó 25 dólares en efectivo para su esposa junto a la cama. La nieta de dos años de la pareja tenía una cita con el médico ese día, y Payán quería asegurarse de que su esposa tuviera dinero para cubrir posibles gastos.