Plan for Progress

SAFER NEIGHBORHOODS

Invest in all parts of District H, supporting small businesses, encouraging economic development that will support neighborhoods
Make decision that impact communities with them and not for them
Prioritize public-private partnerships to improve neighborhood amenities
Provide neighborhoods with the tools to protect themselves from gentrification through minimum lot size protections and modernize the Chapter 42 Minimum Lot Size Ordinance to include:
- Ability to sign the petition digitally
- Ability to submit your vote digitally
- Bi-lingual workshops for residents in an area where an application has been filed

Expanding access to affordable health care by partnering with the county and Harris Health to put mobile health clinics in areas without easy access to hospitals and medical clinics
Increase monitoring and penalties for illegal dumping
Reduce the population of stray animals by:
- Consolidating city and county animal control efforts into one countywide effort
- Promoting animal education in elementary schools
- Utilizing additional vets at City of Houston clinics for spay/neuter/microchip services

Keeping taxes low by making government more efficient, reforming outdated TIRZ policies, and increasing the property tax homestead exemption for seniors
Prioritize housing for teachers, police, and firefighters who serve our community
Promote the Community Land Trust in District H for truly long-term workforce housing
Allow for smaller, more affordable housing units to be built in undeveloped parts of the district
Lower the cost of new and remodeled housing by reforming the city’s dysfunctional permitting processes