Texas’s colonias: solution to housing crisis or moral blot on rich nation’s conscience?

“Colonias” have become a defacto solution to the nation’s affordable housing crisis in Texas — with 500,000 Texans choosing to live in the impoverished, informal communities despite the deficiencies. Is their very presence a moral blot on a rich nation’s conscience? Or are they a defacto affordable housing solution that should be more formalized and regulated?

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