Michelle Pitcher - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/michelle-pitcher/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Tue, 25 Jan 2022 20:51:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Michelle Pitcher - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/michelle-pitcher/ 32 32 103504436 Study: Almost half of Texas construction workers enrolled in safety net programs https://houstonnewmedia.org/study-almost-half-of-texas-construction-workers-enrolled-in-safety-net-programs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=study-almost-half-of-texas-construction-workers-enrolled-in-safety-net-programs Tue, 25 Jan 2022 20:51:32 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=13e0adecaef091344e822580cce52c1b A new study from the Labor Center at the University of California, Berkeley, suggests many construction workers in Texas are underpaid. But the head of a contractors organization says the reality on the ground is different, noting the scarcity of labor...

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]]> 241787 Keller Williams’ new head of DEI on why equity matters in housing market https://houstonnewmedia.org/keller-williams-new-head-of-dei-on-why-equity-matters-in-housing-market/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=keller-williams-new-head-of-dei-on-why-equity-matters-in-housing-market Wed, 30 Jun 2021 19:28:21 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=807089083de32caba260cc64b394a0d1 Julia Lashay Israel is an expert on equity, and she wants to teach Realtors how to make the housing market a more inclusive space.

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