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    89th Texas Legislative Session: Priorities and Policy Views
    (Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2025) Valikhanova, Aiganym; Dawson, Lauren; Delisi, Anna; Goolsby, Karen; Niznik, Aaron; Njeh, Joy; Perez, Katherine; Potter, Daniel; Simburger, Dylan; Williams, Lee
    The Texas legislature’s 89th regular session commenced on January 14, 2025, and will run until June 2, 2025. During this 140-day legislative period, the state legislature will introduce and vote on bills, resolutions, and emergency matters. School vouchers, public school funding, water supply, and cannabis regulations are some of the key issues in this session. To evaluate public expectations for this legislative session and support for proposed policies, residents in Fort Bend, Harris, and Montgomery Counties who are part of the Greater Houston Community Panel were asked about their top priorities for state legislators and how strongly they support or oppose the proposed issues.
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    Coffee & Quality Case Study #3: Wesley Community Center
    (Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2025) Williams, Lee; Potter, Daniel; Dawson, Lauren; Davison, Jessica; Prucnal, Kelly
    The Kinder Institute for Urban Research and United Way of Greater Houston created a program called Coffee & Quality Case Study that works with designated United Way organizations to 1) identify ways to build and bolster the organization's current data-collecting practices and 2) use data to understand and improve program outcomes. The third Coffee & Quality Case Study focused on Wesley Community Center, a social service agency that supports individuals in the Near Northside and broader Houston community across a number of domains, including basic needs, child development, education, senior support, and financial opportunity.
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    Financial Knowledge, Banking, and Fintech in Houston and Harris County
    (Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2025) Potter, Daniel; Dawson, Lauren; DeLisi, Anna; Goolsby, Karen; Niznik, Aaron; Njeh, Joy; Perez, Katherine; Simburger, Dylan; Valikhanova, Aiganym; Williams, Lee
    Financial literacy and access to capital through a bank are both related to improved economic well-being. To better understand these issues, the Greater Houston Community Panel (GHCP) asked residents of Houston and Harris County, Texas, to report on their financial knowledge, use of banks, and use of more modern financial technology applications (fintech). This report provides a snapshot of the findings.
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    Funding Houston's Parks and Greenspace
    (Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2023) Potter, Daniel; Williams, Lee; Glanzer, Anna; Niznik, Aaron; Dawson, Lauren; Tobin, Alec; Pren, Karen
    The report consists of 1) an analysis of parks spending reported to the Trust for Public Land, 2) a survey of Houston-area residents about their park experiences, and 3) interviews with the city’s most recent mayors—Bill White, Annise Parker, and Sylvester Turner—to learn how city leaders have handled funding challenges.
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    Housing Affordability and Instability
    (Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2025) Potter, Dan; Dawson, Lauren; DeLisi, Anna; Niznik, Aaron; Njeh, Joy; Perez, Katherine; Pren, Karen; Simburger, Dylan; Valikhanova, Aiganym; Williams, Lee
    This snapshot looked at housing affordability and instability in the Houston area. Residents were asked how difficult it was in the past 12 months to afford housing costs, and if certain factors such as increasing rents or utility bills, contributed to the difficulty they experienced. Residents were also asked whether the challenges they faced had forced them to move in the past year.
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    Houston and Harris County Disaster Preparedness and Attitudes Leading Up to the 2024 Hurricane Season
    (Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2025) DeLisi, Anna G.; Dawson, Lauren; Njeh, Joy
    Informed by the existing literature, this research study will examine the current levels of both perceived and actual disaster preparedness among Houston and Harris County residents, as well as contextual and socio-cognitive predictors of each. The findings can be used to inform actions aimed at improving disaster preparedness and response efforts in the Greater Houston area.
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    Safety Climate in the Houston Fire Department
    (Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2025) Dawson, Lauren; Niznik, Aaron; Potter, Dan
    In summer 2023, the Houston Fire Department (HFD) partnered with Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research in order to better understand the safety climate of its department. In the workplace, safety climate refers to employees’ shared perceptions of their organization’s safety policies, procedures, and practices, and the types of behaviors that are supported and rewarded by leadership. Safety climate is predictive of actual safety behaviors in the workplace as well as safety-related outcomes, such as injuries, fatalities, and near-misses (Jiang et al., 2018; Beus et al., 2010). By better understanding the climate at its stations, HFD sought to take steps to improve its safety culture in order to create a safer workplace for its first responders, whose jobs often place them in unsafe situations.
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    Voting Intention and Election Concerns in Advance of the 2024 U.S. General Election
    (Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2024) Potter, Daniel; Dawson, Lauren
    Ahead of the 2024 U.S. general election in November, the Kinder Institute surveyed eligible Houston and Harris County voters about their intention to vote. This study also looks at voters' concerns about the election that may impact their intention to vote.
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    What 'Home' Means to Residents in the Houston Area
    (Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2025) Niznik, Aaron; Dawson, Lauren; DeLisi, Anna; Goolsby, Karen P.; Njeh, Joy; Perez, Katherine; Potter, Dan; Simburger, Dylan; Valikhanova, Aiganym; Williams, Lee
    The idea of “home” is a multidimensional concept that encapsulates a variety of meanings, ranging from psychological orientations and physical locations to the relationships that unfold within. In the summer of 2024, members of the Greater Houston Community Panel were surveyed and asked, “What do you think of when you hear the word ‘home’?” and given an open space to write 1-2 sentences to describe what came to mind. This snapshot explores the ways in which area residents conceptualize home. In short, residents organized their thinking into four broad categories: 1) psychological orientations/attachments, 2) geographical location/built environment, 3) social relationships, and 4) activities. Additionally, while most residents have positive associations with home, some do not feel “at home” and associate the word with negative experiences, highlighting the fluid nature of home in the context of high stress.