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Texas ERA programs are closing their doors, while need for rent relief is rising
The Texas Rent Relief program, administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA), closed its application portalContinue Reading
A Little Louder Episode 46: Intro to the Houser Academy
The genesis of any major change in social justice starts from the people. There is no substitute for lived experience;Continue Reading
‘Case Dismissed!’ What does this mean for tenants in eviction hearings?
In Texas, tenants have few legal defenses against their landlords in eviction hearings. Tenants cannot countersue to hold their landlordsContinue Reading
A Little Louder Episode 45: Texas GLO and Discrimination
This week, HUD released its final determination that Texas GLO discriminated against Black and Hispanic Texans in its distribution ofContinue Reading
Read Texas Housers’ and Northeast Action Collective’s joint statement on HUD’s final determination of Texas GLO’s civil rights violation
JOINT STATEMENT OF NORTHEAST ACTION COLLECTIVE AND TEXAS HOUSERS ON HUD’S ISSUANCE ON MAY 16 OF A FORMAL LETTER OFContinue Reading
Last Month In Texas Evictions: Texas Housers’ May 2022 Special Newsletter
Last Month inTexas Evictions We present this newsletter to keep you informed of the most important Texas eviction updates eachContinue Reading
A Little Louder Video Buzz Session #4: Justices of the Peace are ignoring tenant protections
The power balance between tenants and landlords is usually tilted in the latter’s favor, and this is true in noContinue Reading
Some Texas Justice of the Peace courts are ignoring protections designed to protect tenants, with eviction being the result
Texas Housers’ Eviction Prevention Specialist Tori Tavormina has chronicled her observations overseeing the Courtwatch program in Harris County. Below isContinue Reading
The Gap 2022 report details changes we urgently need to help extremely low-income renters
Every year, The Gap report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) details the lack of affordable housing forContinue Reading
A Little Louder Episode 44: Issues with Texas Rent Relief
The Emergency Rental Assistance program (ERA) has distributed at least $2.5 billion in the state of Texas with $1.9 billionContinue Reading
A Little Louder Episode 43: What could a Tenant Bill of Rights do for San Antonio?
Texas Housers, alongside community members and Texas Organizing Project, have all strongly declared that San Antonio needs a Tenant BillContinue Reading
Texas Housers calls on HUD to address the dire conditions and racial disparities at Millennia Properties
Texas Housers’ years of work in Project Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) housing has informed us on how management operates whenContinue Reading
San Antonio needs a Tenant Bill of Rights. Here is where we start.
Tenants in Texas need a change. In our state, the most basic rights for millions of renter households are notContinue Reading
Texas Housers calls on State of Texas to dismantle racial residential exclusion through the housing tax credit program
Texas Housers believes the locational decisions the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) adopts for selecting sites forContinue Reading
A Little Louder Video Buzz Session #3: Treasury must clarify plan for recapturing Emergency Rent Assistance funds
The US Treasury Department oversees state and local government expenditures of federal Emergency Rent Assistance funds. Texas Housers has discoveredContinue Reading
A Little Louder Video Buzz Session 2: Lessons to learn from COVID
In our latest Buzz Session from A Little Louder, host John Henneberger sits with Texas Housers’ Southeast Texas regional directorContinue Reading
Update on ERA in Texas (VIDEO)
This Buzz Session from A Little Louder is an exclusive video from Housers’ research analyst Erin Hahn. In the clip,Continue Reading
Justices of the Peace in Texas should make these best practices permanent to establish equality in eviction court
With most Covid-era tenant protections coming to an end, Texas Housers is calling on Justices of the Peace in ourContinue Reading
Houston PATCHwork and these district profiles show the stark difference in affordable housing availability across the largest city in Texas
Texas Housers is a proud member of the Houston Organizing Movement for Equity (HOME) Coalition, a diverse coalition of community-basedContinue Reading
A Little Louder Episode 42: Expanding The Rights of Tenants In Austin with BASTA
On this episode, John is joined by Shoshana Krieger of BASTA Austin who stops by to talk about the fights for tenants’Continue Reading
HUD finds that Texas GLO discriminated against communities of color in $4 billion CDBG-MIT program
In a historic victory for communities of color in Houston and the Gulf Coast, the Department of Housing and UrbanContinue Reading
Texas cities and counties may lose up to $103M in emergency rent relief if they fail to act before March 31
Texas Housers issues an urgent plea to government officials in certain Texas cities and counties to act immediately before theyContinue Reading
WATCH: Texas Housers joins Houston organizers for ‘Preventing Eviction: Beyond The Crisis’ livestream
Housing insecurity has been one of the biggest issues to face Americans during the pandemic. Renters across the nation whoContinue Reading
A Little Louder Video Buzz Session 1: Texas eviction crisis update
Texas Housers’ co-director John Henneberger is joined by senior researcher Ben Martin in a new vlog to talk about theContinue Reading
HUD stopping State of Texas’s misuse of federal disaster mitigation funds is not about paperwork or politics, it’s about saying no to discrimination
There’s something important missing from the recent news reports on HUD’s decision to withhold $1.95 billion of federal disaster mitigationContinue Reading
Track the progress of state and local ERA distribution in Texas with Texas Housers’ ERA dashboard
The COVID-19 pandemic and the financial crisis that it gave rise to have taken a devastating toll on Americans. InContinue Reading
A Little Louder Episode 41: Houston’s Dangerous Apartment Problem Part 1
A Little Louder is launching a new miniseries within our show on substandard housing in Texas. Our latest episode kicksContinue Reading
A Little Louder Podcast Episode 40: Demolition Deluge in San Antonio
A Little Louder is back with our latest episode and we are talking demolitions in San Antonio. On this week’sContinue Reading
Join us for a livestream play along of ‘Dot’s Home’ with Evan Narcisse, Councilmember Greg Casar and more!
The housing justice video game Dot’s Home is now available for free on PC/Mac and mobile devices, and we areContinue Reading
A Little Louder Podcast Episode 39: Five things that need fixing in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program
John is back in the booth for a new episode of A Little Louder! On this episode of A LittleContinue Reading