Identification of Flood Prone Areas on General Plan Effective July 24, 2020 Flooding events have been increasingly severe in the City of Houston and our region. The 2018 amendment to Chapter 19 City of Houston Code of Ordinances mandated that it was necessary to evaluate development within the 100-year and 500-year floodplains to protect investments […]
In Houston
Statewide Mask Order to Take Effect
HOUSTON – Before the statewide order requiring Texans to wear face coverings takes effect at noon today, Mayor Sylvester Turner announced a new COVID-19 policy for city facilities. All people who meet, work, or visit a city facility will be required to wear a face mask or covering. The policy applies to all city facilities, […]
Important COVID-19 Update
From County Judge Lina Hidalgo: Today, I upgraded the County’s COVID-19 public threat level from significant (orange, level two) to severe (red, level one). Level one indicates a “severe and uncontrolled” level of COVID-19, meaning outbreaks are worsening, contact tracing capacity is strained or exceeded, and healthcare surge is likely. To slow this uncontrolled spread […]
Harris County COVID-19 Relief Fund
Harris County has established the Harris County COVID-19 Relief Fund to provide much-needed relief to Harris County residents most impacted by the global pandemic. The Fund is open to all eligible low-income Harris County residents, including those excluded by the CARES Act or immigrant households, and people who may receive Pandemic Unemployment Assistance but cannot […]
2020 Census
The 2020 Census will soon start and all homes in all fifty states, the District of Columbia and the five U. S. territories, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, will be receiving information from the Census Bureau. The U. S. Constitution requires that a […]
Recycle Your Christmas Tree
Residents can recycle their trees by dropping them off at one of the twenty-five (25) free drop-off recycling sites located throughout Houston. The program runs from December 26, 2019 – January 26, 2020! http://www.houstontx.gov/solidwaste/tree2020.html
