Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. An overwhelming majority of Texans say the state has a housing affordability crisis, according to a poll released Thursday — the latest sign of the growing pressure Texas’ high housing costs have put on homeowners and renters. Ninety percent of Texans told pollsters with the University of Houston and Texas Southern University that housing affordability is a problem where they live.