Heather K Way in the Media

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Texas Tribune September 1, 2020

Millions of Texans could be shielded from evictions under new Trump administration order

Professor Heather Way, Director of the Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic, was quoted in a Texas Tribune article about the new order to protect Texas renters from evictions.

The Washington Post July 30, 2020

Fostering development without displacement

Professor Heather K. Way offers her expertise as she is quoted in a Washington Post article regarding the gentrification of lower class residents in Austin, specifically how there is a unique chance for cities to repair gentrification after the fact.

Houston Public Media June 24, 2020

As COVID-19 Continues to Spread, Harris County Courts Are Moving Forward With Evictions

Professor Heather Way spoke to Houston Public Media to explain how she is tracking eviction policies around the state and analyzing the 17th emergency order, that can postpone proceedings for evictions in Texas.