Upward Communities Research
We publish what we can source. Every figure on these pages carries a named organisation and a year, linked to the primary document, so a superintendent or a district CFO can check our work before they cite it. Where the evidence is thin or contested, we say so.
Published
Survey data
76% of employees across five Central Texas districts chose a single-family home and 3% chose an apartment. Bedroom counts, household size, and what apartment residents said.
Cost and commute
Cost was named as a challenge by 64% of respondents. Median reported housing cost, commute limits, and the one in five already driving further than they say they can accept.
Employee demand
85% said yes or maybe. What the interested majority asked for, and the case a dissenting minority made for raising pay instead.
Financing and policy
California gave districts land-use authority and tenant-selection rights but no dedicated state funding. Five capital stacks, what each one delivered, and the income caps that keep teachers out of the housing built for them.
These three reports draw on the same first-party survey of 1,776 school employees across five Central Texas districts. Further pieces on district financing, turnover cost and what existing programmes have delivered are written and in review. We publish when the sourcing holds up, not on a schedule.
Editorial standards
Upward Communities Research is published by Upward Communities, a developer of Class A workforce housing for public sector employees. We have a commercial interest in this subject, and we would rather state that plainly than have a reader discover it later.
Every statistic we publish names its source organisation and the year, in the visible text of the page rather than in a footnote, and links to the primary document wherever one is public. We prefer primary sources: district board minutes, bond documents, agency data, and published research over news aggregation. When we cannot verify a figure, we cut it rather than soften it. When a district has not published outcome data, we say that instead of implying results.
We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or in partnership with any organisation whose research we cite. Where we use another organisation's published methodology, we name it and link to it.
Corrections matter more than being right the first time. If you find an error, tell us and we will fix it, note the change, and update the page's last-updated date.
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