Looped In Podcast
1) Texas summers, womenâs winters
Office buildings in the South can be notoriously cold in the summer months â or at least thatâs what a majority of women would say who jokingly refer to offices in the summer as âwomenâs winter.â This...Show More
2) Breaking down Houston's battle over feeding the homeless
A group of volunteers that, for nearly two decades, has offered free meals four evenings a week outside Central Library has recently started getting fined for breaking city law. The 2012 law, which li...Show More
3) Is River Oaks losing its history as homes are razed?
Description: The recent demolition of a $24 million historic home by Astros owner Jim Crane renewed conversations about the preservation of the iconic River Oaks neighborhood. Since its founding in th...Show More
4) Texas' new property tax relief explained
After much political wrangling and not one, but two special legislative sessions, the Texas legislature has finally agreed on a property tax relief bill. It has something in it for all property owners...Show More
5) Not your average subdivision: How master-planned communities are rethinking development
Master-planned communities are playing an increasingly important role in housing families priced out of urban cores. How do designers and developers go about planning the future of these massive mini ...Show More
6) Adult dorms? Why coliving is growing in the South
Living with roommates has long been a way to save money on housing. In the past decade or so though, a new class of professionally managed roommate housing has emerged called coliving â think of -up v...Show More
7) Landlords can save $1M with this affordable housing tax break, but what's in it for renters?
R.A. Schuetz and Marissa Luck discuss a tax break meant to create affordable housing that's in the center of some controversy. Public Facility Corporations have drawn scrutiny both in Houston (we'll h...Show More
8) Here's the next frontier in real estate's battle against climate change
The real estate sector is one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions globally â and itâs not just because of the power used to electrify or cool a building. Creating and transporting ...Show More
9) Could conservation districts give residents more say in a city famous for no zoning?
Mayor Sylvester Turner is seeking City Council support for a conservation district program he and city planners say could help lower-income neighborhoods preserve their character and fend off gentrifi...Show More
Could conservation districts give residents more say in a city famous for no zoning?
23:46 | Mar 31st, 2023
10) Why we're still talking about the Ashby high-rise 16 years later
Thereâs a new project proposed in the site of The Ashby high-rise, a contentious apartment tower first pitched 16 years ago that set off one of the most intense land-use battles in Houstonâs history. ...Show More