Housing reforms are widely supported: Large majorities of Texas voters support key measures in the Texas Starter Homes Act: allowing smaller single-family homes, smaller lots and yards, and eliminating mandatory HOA amenity requirements.

There is strong demand for policy changes: 61% of voters support the Texas Starter Homes Act overall, with majorities among Democrats (70%) and Republicans (58%), and net favorability among Independents by a 43-27 margin.

Housing is a top priority: Among respondents, the cost of housing consistently ranked among their top three statewide concerns, behind inflation and immigration. Notably, housing is the top issue for Independent voters, surpassing immigration and job availability.

Property rights win out over local restrictions: 62% of voters across the state’s rural, suburban, and urban areas believe property owners should be able to build diverse housing types on their land, and support limiting local power restricting development.

Texans are deeply dissatisfied with the state of housing: 86% of respondents labeled housing costs as a problem, with 44% of respondents labeling them as a "major problem," with another 42% calling it "somewhat a problem." Dissatisfaction spans geographic regions, whether rural, suburban, or urban.

Texans are frustrated with local efforts to address affordability: 47% rate their community’s performance as "poor" or "very poor" and only 12 percent rate it positively. Only 26% of voters believe the state is meeting the housing needs of its residents.

A majority (56%) of Texans who expressed an opinion view the landowner veto system as unfair, reflecting growing frustration with laws that let a small minority block needed housing.