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501c(4) advocating for Legislative Solutions to Texas's Housing Crisis.

05/14/2026

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

05/06/2026

🚨 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.

04/30/2026

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

04/21/2026

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.

04/10/2026

🚨 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

04/04/2026

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

04/02/2026

Join us in downtown El Paso for a drink and discussion on housing affordability.
2025 legislative wins, and what's next.

Thursday, April 16, 6-8pm
Space is limited, so please RSVP!

Special guests:

El Paso Council member Chris Canales
Representative Vince Perez
Representative Mary Gonzalez
TfRS General Counsel Brita Wallace

https://bit.ly/tfrs2

03/28/2026

🚨 TEXAS HOUSING UNDER ATTACK 🚨

Millions are moving to Texas for JOBS, FREEDOM and opportunity 🤠🏡 — but now some North Texas cities are trying to BLOCK affordable housing.

After the Legislature passed historic reforms to PROTECT PROPERTY RIGHTS and lower housing costs, cities like Arlington, Plano, Irving, Frisco and Grand Prairie are pushing back with new rules that drive prices UP.

Luxury mandates. Bigger minimum apartment sizes. Heavy industrial rezoning. 🚧

That’s not very Texan.

The Texas Constitution is clear: the government can’t use shady tactics to sidestep state law or make housing more expensive for working families.

Texas should stand for PROPERTY RIGHTS and AFFORDABLE HOUSING — not local obstructionism. 🇨🇱🔥

✍️ By: Ari Bargil and Arif Panju of Institute for Justice Texas Office
📰 Published in The Dallas Morning News

03/18/2026

Thank you SO much Austin Home Magazine for featuring our Chair and Founder of Texans for Reasonable Solutions! 👏 🏡🔥

HOMEOWNERSHIP. OPPORTUNITY. COMMUNITY. 🏡✨👏

This thoughtful feature by Kathryn Streeter spotlights Nicole Nosek’s story and the bigger conversation around housing choices, growth, and making room for more families and workers in Austin and across Texas. 📘✨

Nicole Nosek is fighting for a Texas where teachers, EMTs, police officers, young families, and everyday workers still have a FAIR SHOT at homeownership. Texans are tired of watching gatekeepers turn homes into luxury items while working people get pushed out. We need MORE HOMES, MORE CHOICE, and MORE OPPORTUNITY — because Texas should work for the MANY, not just the few. 🏡🔥🤠

03/12/2026

POWER UP TEXAS — PRICES DOWN! ⚡🔥

Texans were told more electricity would mean higher bills. The data says the opposite.

According to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), wholesale electricity prices FELL 52% — from $70/MWh in 2023 to $34/MWh in 2024. That’s REAL relief for working families. 💸

The 2024 State of the Market Report by Potomac Economics confirms: new supply — especially solar and energy storage — reduced tight grid conditions and DROVE prices lower.

Meanwhile, reporting from Powering Spaceship Earth highlights just how dramatic the shift has been.

And globally? Our World in Data shows solar costs have fallen nearly 90% in the past decade.

More supply. Lower prices. Stronger grid.

That’s how you protect LOW-INCOME and MIDDLE-CLASS Texans.

Let’s focus on what works: BUILD MORE POWER. 🔌☀️

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