If you’ve been reading along with us here at Houstonia, you know how much we love this crazy town. But we also know life is far from perfect here. The Bayou City is grappling with big issues—transportation, homelessness, hunger, poverty, crime, and flooding, for starters—and those issues will only become more challenging as we charge into the future, adding more than 2 million residents by 2030. What’s the best way for Houston to address its problems? We decided to consult the city’s brain trust, asking 20 Houstonians—all of whom are out there every day working to improve this city—what they see as the best path forward. In a shocking turn of events, we learned that there are no easy answers. Still, we have to start somewhere ...

In This Feature:

8 Experts Weigh in on How to Fix Houston

From crime reduction to preserving Houston's past, these locals have the answers.

01/30/2020

How to Get Houston Voting

The League of Women Voters of Houston has a three-pronged approach.

01/30/2020 By Abby Ledoux

How to Insure the Uninsured

Is it time to expand Medicaid?

01/30/2020 By Jeff Balke

How to Fix Our Bayou System

Does widening the bayous really work?

01/30/2020 By Gwendolyn Knapp

How to Add More Affordable Housing

We all want a place to call home.

01/30/2020 By Jeff Balke

How to Improve Sex Education in Houston Schools

Let me tell you about the birds and the bees.

01/30/2020 By Dianna Wray

How to Mitigate Flooding

10 tips to help prevent future disaster.

01/30/2020 By Jeff Balke

How to Save the Birds

We can help by just turning out our lights at night.

01/30/2020 By Gwendolyn Knapp

How to Improve Education in Houston

What can we do to give our kids a head start?

01/30/2020 By Jeff Balke

How to End the Cycle of Homelessness

For one expert, the answer lies in education and mental health treatment.

01/30/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

How to Make Houston Greener

It doesn't take a lot of money to start making your home more efficient.

01/30/2020 By Jeff Balke

How to Fix Public Transportation

Does anyone like the traffic?

01/30/2020 By Dianna Wray

How to Balance the City Budget

We should be more fiscally responsible.

01/30/2020 By Laura Furr Mericas