From steep insurance premiums to historic rent hikes, housing is becoming more expensive and increasingly vulnerable. These and other findings will be explored in a free public webinar hosted by Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research as it releases its 2025 State of Housing in Harris County and Houston report June 17.
The webinar will take place from 10-11 a.m. This year’s report focuses on the intersection of affordability, climate resilience and disasters with special attention to rising insurance costs and infrastructure challenges that disproportionately impact the region’s most vulnerable communities.
Panelists for the event include:
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James Elliott, the David W. Leebron Professor of Sociology and co-director of Rice’s Center for Coastal Futures and Adaptive Resilience
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Elaine Morales-Díaz, senior director of partnerships and policy, Connective
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Jeremy Porter, head of climate implications, First Street
The 2025 report builds on insights from five previous annual housing reports, offering a continued look at affordability trends, demographic shifts and neighborhood-level challenges across Harris County and Houston.
The report will be available for download at 6 a.m. CDT June 17 at https://kinder.rice.edu/research/2025-state-housing-harris-county-and-houston .
To register for the webinar, visit https://kinder.rice.edu/event/webinar-2025-state-housing-harris-county-and-houston .
An embargoed copy of the report is available to journalists upon request.
For more information on the report or to schedule an interview, contact Kat Cosley Trigg, media relations specialist at Rice, at 713-348-6781 or kat.cosley.trigg@rice.edu.