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 491 residents (census 2000).
The current Mayor is Charles Bartman, and the commissioners are Scott Medley, Marcia Allen, Mia Seitz and Ed Hardison.
The City Council meets the last Thursday of each month at 7:00pm at the Jeffersontown Fire House #2 on Taylorsville Road.