The Trump administration and Texas’ state leaders should be trying to fix the housing affordability crisis for low-income Texans, but…
Category: Tenant Rights
Tenant Rights are all the protections that can and should afford a renter the right to living safely and securely. All the stories that touch on laws, rules and regulations, fair housing, eviction court and the eviction process can be found here.
A Little Louder Episode 79: 7 questions for low-income housing that need answers in 2026
In 2026, much of the ground work will be laid for our next state legislative session next year. The next…
7 Questions: An aspirational look forward at Texas’ 90th Legislature
Low-income households in Texas are being crushed by unaffordable housing costs, corporate landlords that are exhibiting increasingly monopolistic behaviors, poor…
Texas Housers’ updated Bexar County Eviction Mapping Tool identifies hotspots driving displacement in San Antonio
Texas Housers has officially re-launched our Bexar County eviction mapping tool, now updated with the most recent available eviction data…
Tenant Screening in Texas: Barriers, Bias, and the Case for Reform
When someone applies to rent an apartment or house, landlords typically review their background before deciding whether to approve the…
A Little Louder Episode 77: What Texas’ largest cities tell us about evictions and affordability
Texas Housers’ top researchers Erin Hahn and Sidney Beaty join A Little Louder to talk about their new interactive projects.…
Harris County Eviction Mapping Tool shows eviction cases are concentrated by area, higher than pre-pandemic levels, and significantly come from out-of-state owners
Written by Taylor Laredo and Sidney Beaty Today, Texas Housers released its annual Harris County Eviction Mapping Tool and Harris…
Landlords tried to take tenants’ rights away with SB 38. Our coalition of advocates and community stopped them.
As the 2025 Texas Legislature comes to a close, we are celebrating a hard fought victory for preserving basic tenant…
Fair Housing protections promised the fulfillment of American freedom, liberty, and justice for all. The Trump administration is obliterating them.
More than half a century after the milestones of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, the United States is…
A Little Louder Episode 74: How aging Texans face issues with affordable housing
On this episode, Kathy Green from AARP Texas joins the show to talk about how affordable and low-income housing issues…
Community members and advocates testify at the 2025 Texas Legislature to support protections for housing voucher recipients
Housing voucher recipients can face a difficult path to safe and decent housing in the state of Texas. These households…
A Little Louder Episode 73: Breaking down HB 32 and SB 38 (aka the Eviction Bills)
Texas Housers is tracking several housing bills at the 2025 Texas Legislature, some good and some bad. However, one piece…
Austin is making air conditioning a requirment for rental households. The State of Texas can and should soon follow.
For Texans, air conditioning in the home is a necessity. Temperatures reliably reach daily highs in the 90s or much…
Tenants and advocates take to 2025 Texas Legislature to testify on eviction bill HB 32
Tenants’ rights are rarely granted with ease, but rather, they are fought for. That is true of most civil rights,…
The Houston Housing Authority has a new President & CEO. Here are five commitments Jamie Bryant must make to get the agency back on track.
Last year, the president and CEO of the Houston Housing Authority (HHA), David Northern Sr., stepped down from his position…
A Little Louder Episode 70: Our biggest stories (and some you might have missed) from 2024
In a supersized episode, we leave 2024 with a bang. Michael Depland speaks with the staff of Texas Housers to…
A Big Win for Tenant Stability in Texas: Eviction Prevention Plans in Affordable Housing
The economic hardships spurred by the pandemic revealed the harmful impacts of evictions to the wider public. While many individuals…
Institutional investors have an undeniable impact on low-income housing. Without more data, we don’t know how to measure it.
In September 2024, the Texas House of Representatives held a hearing on a number of interim charges issued by Lieutenant…
A Little Louder Episode 64: How to make your city your home via advocacy
Across the state of Texas, there are individuals and organizations sparking small movements for change, working hard to band together…
Texas Housers analyzed all 16 eviction courts in Harris County. Here are the major takeaways from our 2024 Eviction Snapshots.
This blog was updated on 5/29/2024 to include upgraded versions of the Eviction Snapshots that provide more details on defendant…
Right to counsel is a proven, cost-effective, and essential resource for tenants, report from Keep Harris Housed finds
Harris County is experiencing an eviction crisis. The near nationwide-high number of case filings is driven by a multitude of…
The Gap 2024 highlights the deep shortage of affordable housing in Texas and what must change
The need for affordable housing is as urgent of an issue as it has been in many years. In Texas,…
A Little Louder Episode 61: Unmasking Ownership at Problem Properties
Over the past six months, Texas Housers has spotlighted the stories of uninhabitable conditions and mass evictions at Cabo San Lucas apartments…
One year later, can justice be served in 60 seconds?
Almost one year ago, Texas Housers’ Southeast Texas regional director Julia Orduña wrote about her experiences from the scene of…
When property ownership can hide their identity in LLCs, bad actors thrive and tenants suffer
Over the past six months, Texas Housers has spotlighted the stories of uninhabitable conditions and mass evictions at Cabo San…
A Little Louder Episode 60: Tenant’s Rights From Nepal To Denton
While most folks in the housing justice community have a strong idea of how tenant’s rights and evictions shape our…
HUD’s voucher programs can’t truly help those they serve without necessary change to ensure access, fairness
In our previous blog covering the Southeast Tenant Information Organization (SETIO), the tenant group formed from residents at Cabo San…
Federal housing tax credits don’t always serve those who need them most. Here’s how we change that
Texas Housers is pleased to announce the release of “How to Improve Housing Tax Credits for Low Income Texans: 2024…
A Little Louder Episode 59: How do we fix what renters are facing in San Antonio?
Annually, Texas Housers’ team in San Antonio releases its San Antonio District Renter Profiles to deliver a snapshot of how affordable rental…
New 2023 Renter Profiles show redrawn San Antonio city council district boundaries cannot hide persistent tenant inequities
With the City of San Antonio completing the redistricting process earlier this year, Texas Housers has released its 2023 Renter…