LINK Houston

We strive to keep communities united in the face of public infrastructure projects, particularly highway expansions that displace families and exacerbate climate change.

Advocacy plays a key role in amplifying the voices of communities of color that have repeatedly been torn apart by systemic racism in urban and transportation planning. The North Houston Highway Improvement Project (or I-45 North expansion) and other, similar projects displace residents and divide communities from one another and from needed services.

Our Vision

Equitable and just climate investments in transportation infrastructure would transform an expansion like I-45 North project into one that maintains communities and provides access – instead of a barrier – to important destinations and opportunity. This means protecting families’ homes and affordable housing, preserving historic and cultural sites, and ensuring high-quality infrastructure for people walking, biking, rolling and riding transit.

We strive to increase access to opportunity, particularly concerning affordable housing, as well as access to work, education, and healthy living.

Houston faces a decreasing supply of affordable housing, increasing rents, and an eviction crisis. Additionally, residents continue to spend a high proportion of their income on transportation, reflected by increasing costs of vehicle ownership per household. These transportation costs compound the affordability challenge. In order to address affordability for Houstonians, we must consider housing and transportation costs together.

Our Vision

Equitable and just climate investments to increase transportation access to affordable housing will result in Houston being a truly affordable place to live. This means high-quality, affordable, environmentally friendly transportation infrastructure – sidewalks, bikeways, and transit services – being within reach of the region’s affordable housing.