Op-ed: Houston’s need for affordable housing has never been greater

As Houston faces one of the most severe affordable housing shortages in the nation, affordable housing opponents aim to block initiatives to provide workforce housing and relocate residents displaced by the Interstate 45 expansion. It is critical, now more than ever, to unite as a city to expand affordable housing for Houstonians. 

Even before the challenge of Covid-19, the affordability crisis was worsening. The city now has nearly half a million people living below the poverty line. We face…