Texans for Reasonable Solutions

🚨 THEY BUILT A HOUSING ROADBLOCK 🚨

Texas passed SB 840 to help create MORE HOMES and bring down housing costs for working families. 🏠💵🤠

But in parts of North Texas, developers say cities are piling on expensive requirements that make new housing harder to build.

Some communities reportedly require things like Olympic-sized pools, stricter design standards, and costly infrastructure upgrades before projects can move forward. 😳

Meanwhile, Dallas and Plano are moving ahead and seeing new housing opportunities.

Texans are asking a simple question:

Why are we making it HARDER to build homes when families are already struggling with affordability?

✅ MORE HOUSING
✅ LOWER COSTS
✅ TEXAS FAMILIES FIRST

State lawmakers are already talking about strengthening SB 840 next session.

📰 By: Billy Wadsack | Published in Bisnow

Texas built. San Francisco stalled. 🏗️🏡🔥

The housing crisis isn’t a mystery. Austin built more homes, and prices started falling. San Francisco buried builders in red tape, and regular families got priced out. 🏡🤠📉

That’s the difference: Texas says BUILD. California says WAIT.

Austin broke ground on 140 homes per 1,000 households over the last decade. San Francisco? Just 22. And while Austin still isn’t cheap, it proves the point: when you build more homes, working families get more choices.

Stop protecting paperwork. Start protecting PEOPLE. 🔨🏘️

Source: The New York Times

Texas families are getting squeezed. 🏠🤠🔥

The CNU panel “Multiplying the Middle: Arkansas and Texas Housing Reforms” brought together Duke McLarty of Groundwork Arkansas, Rep. Nicole Clowney for Arkansas, Felicity Maxwell of Texans for Housing, and Brita Wallace of Texans for Reasonable Solutions to talk about a truth Texans know well: housing costs are hitting working families hard.

The big takeaway? Texas does not have to start from scratch. States can learn from each other, share what works, speed up permitting, and END RED TAPE so more HOMES can actually get built.

This is about keeping Texas affordable for teachers, nurses, firefighters, young families, and everyone trying to put down roots. 💪

Texas families deserve better. 🏠🤠💸

Why should regular Texans wait months while paperwork drives up the cost of a home? Pew’s new report shows that preapproved building plans can cut red tape, save builders thousands, and help cities get more homes built faster.

Bryan, Texas is already in the mix, using a Midtown pattern zone with duplexes, rooming houses, and small apartments up to 12 units. That’s the kind of LOCAL CONTROL that can help working families, young people, and seniors stay in the communities they love.

Lewisville, Bryan, and San Antonio are already on the map. Now the question is: why not more Texas cities?

More homes. Less delay. LOWER COSTS.

Credit: Alex Horowitz, Housing Policy
Published in: The Pew Charitable Trusts

🚨 TEXAS FAMILIES GETTING PRICED OUT 🚨

Home prices are SKYROCKETING while paychecks aren’t keeping up — and now HALF of North Texas families can’t afford a typical home 😳🏠💸

According to Alison Saldanha of The Dallas Morning News, prices have jumped 138% since 2012. Meanwhile, workers, young families, and retirees are being pushed OUT of the communities they built.

This isn’t just a housing issue — it’s a WORKFORCE CRISIS and a threat to TEXAS GROWTH. If people can’t afford to live here, how do we expect businesses to stay? 🤔

Experts say we need more homes for EVERY stage of life — starter homes, family homes, and retirement options.

👉 Bottom line: North Texas works because of its people. If they can’t stay, EVERYTHING suffers.

Let the market WORK for young Texan families.

TEXAS LEADING the HOUSING FIGHT 🔥🏡💥

Big moment this week at the Florida Housing Summit—where Texas and Florida proved something important: when it comes to fixing housing, we’re not waiting around.

Shoutout to Brita Wallace of Texans for Reasonable Solutions for representing Texas strong and speaking on a powerful panel 👏

Here’s the truth:
Both states are cutting through RED TAPE and pushing real solutions:
✅ More starter homes
✅ Turning unused commercial space into housing
✅ Clearer, faster rules for builders

Florida’s “Live Local Act” and Texas reforms may look different—but they’re driving the same goal: MORE HOMES, LOWER COSTS.

And here’s what’s exciting 👇
Ideas are crossing state lines FAST. What works in Texas gets picked up in Florida—and vice versa. That’s how real change happens.

Texas isn’t just keeping up—we’re helping lead the way.

📍 Event: Florida Housing Summit
🏢 Hosted by: Florida Policy Project
🙌 Featuring: Brita Wallace, Texans for Reasonable Solutions

El Paso is DONE waiting. 🏠🔥🤠

Around 60 people came out in El Paso last week to talk about one of the biggest issues hitting Texas families: housing costs that are just too HIGH.

Texans for Reasonable Solutions brought together local and state leaders, including Councilmember Chris Canales, Rep. Vince Perez’s District Director Jose Landeros, and Mary Gonzalez, for a conversation about how to make housing more AFFORDABLE and more ATTAINABLE for hardworking Texans.

After a recap of key 2025 legislative wins from Brita Wallace of Texans for Reasonable Solutions, Alex Hoffman of City of El Paso Urban Planning and Design
helped lead the discussion on what comes next.

Texans are tired of watching regular families get priced out of their own communities. El Paso is stepping up — and people are paying attention. 🙌🇨🇱📢

Thank you to everyone helping push this work forward.

🚨 TEXAS HOUSING COSTS DROPPING? 🏡📉

Something BIG is happening in Texas—and it’s worth paying attention.

A recent Washington Post opinion highlights how simplifying zoning rules is helping Texas build MORE homes faster. That means more options for families, and in some places, even LOWER rents. 🏘️🔥

This isn’t about extremes—it’s about practical solutions: letting builders build, reducing delays, and making it easier for working families to find a place they can afford.

Texas is showing that when you focus on SUPPLY and cut unnecessary BARRIERS, you can actually move the needle on affordability.

Worth asking: could this approach help more communities across the country?

✍️ Author: Julia Cartwright
📰 Source: Washington Post

TEXAS DID THE UNTHINKABLE 🤠🏘️🔥

Austin built MORE housing — and rents actually came DOWN. That is what happens when a city stops choking growth and starts putting WORKING FAMILIES first. While other cities talk, Texas got RESULTS.

From 2015 to 2024, Austin added 120,000 new homes, and median rent dropped from $1,546 in December 2021 to $1,296 by January 2026.

LOWER RENTS. MORE HOMES. REAL RELIEF. 🙌💸🏗️

Texans already know this: when the government gets out of the way and builders can build, regular people win.

Authors: Liz Clifford, Seva Rodnyansky, Dennis Su
Published in: The Pew Charitable Trusts