Houston is the only major U.S. city without a formal zoning code. But say this for Houston: It’s booming. In August, the most recent month for which figures are available from the U.S. Census Bureau, metro Houston (including Sugar Land and the Woodlands) issued more permits for construction of single-family homes than did the entire state of California, which has six times the population. And that was no fluke. Houston and California have been running neck and neck in permit issuance since 2000, with California running just about 3,000 permits ahead in that time. That’s a remarkable statement about both demand (people really want to live in Houston) and supply (the city is happy to accommodate them). [Read this article]
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