Housing

South Overton residents are “extremely disappointed and disheartened” by Lubbock's city council greenlighting a 7-story student housing project in the historic neighborhood.

The committee chair Thomas Parker defined amortization as "a legal tool available to a municipality in order to terminate the use of a nonconforming land-use.” Parker said it is the role of the committee to determine if the city needs that tool.

The complaint refers to the city’s lack of action to address industrial zoning near residential neighborhoods as “unlawful.”

Tenants report mold, broken doors and temperatures inside their units reaching over 90 degrees because of broken air conditioners.

Many Lubbockites make more than minimum wage, but that doesn’t mean it’s enough to pay the rent.

Appraisals went up again in Lubbock this year, but there's still time to contest the amount.

Some of the biggest concerns are tall billboards and industrial zoning.

Mobile homes are a vital source of affordable housing for around 2 million Texans. But as Texas cities grow, many mobile home parks are being closed and redeveloped, pushing out longtime residents.

A new data analysis from the Texas Real Estate Research Center seeks to dismiss assumptions about Texas transplants driving up residential real estate.

Lubbock does not have homeless encampments like the ones in Austin and other areas affected by a new state law banning homeless camping in public. Still, the city is dealing with a controversy of its own.