The City of Houston Acres is an active 6th class city that was incorporated on October 3, 1956, in the county of Jefferson. There are 225 homes in the City and 507 residents (census 2010).
The current Mayor is Charles Bartman, and the commisioners are Marcia Allen, Scott Medley, Mia Seitz and Ed Hardison.
The City Council meets the last Thursday of each month at 7:45pm at the (currrently zoom meetings) McMahon Fire House on Taylorsville Road.