Heather K Way in the Media

My San Antonio March 3, 2022

Nirenberg calls San Antonio bond’s housing fund ‘unprecedented’ in recent Bloomberg interview

A report by Professor Heather Way is cited in an article about a proposed bond package in San Antonio that would expand the city's housing resources.

Photo by Facebook of City Council Press Conference

Austin Monitor February 13, 2022

Council eyes new protections for renters

Professor Heather Way's report about tenants' rights in Texas cities was cited in an article about new protections for Austin renters.

KUT February 9, 2022

Trying to buy a home in Austin? So are investors.

Professor Heather Way is quoted in an article about the increased competitiveness of the Austin housing market due to the amount of investors trying to buy homes in addition to potential homeowners.

Texas Observer December 20, 2021

How Code Enforcement Fuels Displacement in San Antonio

Professor Heather Way is quoted in an article about by the findings of a report she co-authored regarding housing in San Antonio.

My San Antonio December 2, 2021

Report: San Antonio’s volume of orders to vacate, demolish homes is ‘unprecedented’ among big Texas cities

Professor Heather Way is quoted in an article regarding code enforcements in San Antonio that are displacing an incredibly high number of people.

The New York Times November 27, 2021

How Austin Became One of the Least Affordable Cities in America

Professor Heather Way is quoted in an article regarding the rapid increase cost of living in Austin.

Texas Public Radio November 18, 2021

Report: San Antonio vacates and demolishes homes at exponentially higher rate than other major Texas cities combined

The Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic published a new report, with Professor Heather Way as the study's lead author, and the study's new findings on San Antonio's housing crisis is highlighted in an article.

Austin Living Streets group gathers for a meal

The Daily Texan October 21, 2021

Walk Austin, Austin residents discuss Austin Living Streets initiative

Professor Heather Way is quoted in an article regarding Austin Living Streets, an initiative created due to COVID-19 to make neighborhood streets a gathering place for neighbors.

Houston Chronicle October 12, 2021

For the first time in more than a decade, Houston City Council could take aim at apartment squalor

Professor Heather Way and a study from Texas Law's Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic which she co-directs are quoted in an article regarding a Houston apartment crisis.

Graphic in black and white showing shattered pieces, with the top displaying the word "fractured," and the bottom displaying a house.

ABA Journal February 1, 2021

How Jim Crow-era laws still tear families from their homes

Professor Heather Way is quoted in an ABA journal article on Heirs’ property law—a vestige of the Jim Crow South— that investigates a little-known legal loophole that has stripped generations of Americans of their land.

Cover photo of a KVUE video, with the Austin skyline in a faded orange as the background. The title "Racial Equality, Building a Better Austin" is bolded in the center.

KVUE November 25, 2020

Racial Equality: Building a Better Austin for Latinos – Part Two

Prof. Heather Way was quoted in an article analyzing gentrification and housing inequalities in East Austin.

Sign for a new apartment village stands in the grass in front of the complex

Texas Tribune September 14, 2020

How a big Texas tax break created not-so-affordable housing

Professor Heather Way's report through Texas Law's Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic was referenced in an article about the tens of millions of dollars in property tax breaks private developers have received that have driven up the cost of affordable housing in Texas. The report is the first to calculate and inventory the spread of the deals statewide and their public costs and benefits.