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Author: Texas Housers Staff

TxDOT’s first ‘Progress Report’ on I-45 Voluntary Resolution Agreement worthy of Incomplete grade for lack of detail

Local issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted December 8, 2023

The lane expansion of I-45 in Houston has been a plan fraught with racism, classism, and environmental hazards, much like…

Tags: Houston, I-45, I-45 expansion

A Little Louder Episode 59: How do we fix what renters are facing in San Antonio?

A Little Louder, Local issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted November 30, 2023

Annually, Texas Housers’ team in San Antonio releases its ⁠San Antonio District Renter Profiles⁠ to deliver a snapshot of how affordable rental…

Tags: A Little Louder, San Antonio

New 2023 Renter Profiles show redrawn San Antonio city council district boundaries cannot hide persistent tenant inequities

Local issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted November 17, 2023

With the City of San Antonio completing the redistricting process earlier this year, Texas Housers has released its 2023 Renter…

Tags: Renter Profiles, San Antonio

Cabo San Lucas and the Redford tenants unite as Southeast Tenant Information Organization against poor conditions, evictions

Local issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted October 27, 2023

In our last blog covering two problematic South Houston apartment complexes, Cabo San Lucas and the Redford, we detailed how…

Tags: cabo san lucas, evictions, Houston, tenant associations, Tenant rights, the redford

Texas Housers’ new Bexar County Eviction Case Dashboard explores rising evictions in San Antonio

Local issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted October 26, 2023

Created by Mia Loseff and Erin Hahn Texas Housers has officially launched our Bexar County Eviction Case dashboard, which tracks…

Tags: dashboard, evictions, Research, San Antonio

Texas quietly enabled a revolutionary pre-disaster preparedness plan. Cities and counties need to buy in for it to work.

Harvey Recovery, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted October 12, 2023

In 2018, Texas Housers and partner organizations urged the Texas Legislature to pass S.B. 289, a bill that allows local…

Tags: Disaster recovery, RAPIDO, Texas GLO

A Little Louder Episode 58: How Texas renters live under extreme heat

A Little Louder, Local issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted October 4, 2023

High summer temperatures in the Lone Star State are a regular occurrence. However, in recent years, extreme heat has grown…

Tags: A Little Louder, air conditioning, Texas Legislature

Read our report ‘Renters, Air Conditioning, and Extreme Heat in Texas’

Local issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted September 26, 2023

There is no question that summer 2023 contained one of the worst heatwaves that Texans have ever suffered through. News…

Tags: air conditioning, reports

A Little Louder Episode 57: Six years past Harvey, recovery troubles remain

A Little Louder, Harvey Recovery•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted August 31, 2023

Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas Coast six years ago this week, back in 2017. And though certain immediate response efforts…

Tags: A Little Louder, Disaster recovery, Hurricane Harvey

A Little Louder Episode 56: Mass evictions at Cabo San Lucas

A Little Louder•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted August 18, 2023

In late July, Texas Housers was alerted to a property in Houston that had planned to evict more than 100…

Tags: A Little Louder, evictions

With thousands of homes still in disrepair 6 years since Hurricane Harvey, the GLO requests to remove available funding for Houston and Harris County residents

Harvey Recovery•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted August 3, 2023

The State of Texas has asked permission of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to end its…

Tags: Harris County, Houston, Texas GLO

A Little Louder Episode 55: 2023 Texas Legislature Mega Wrap Up And What Comes Next

A Little Louder•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted July 10, 2023

Communications Director Michael Depland and Research Director Ben Martin team up for one last trip to the Texas Legislature. On…

Tags: A Little Louder, lege23, Texas Legislature

Public Facility Corporations were majorly reformed in the 88th Texas Legislature. What changed and why is it important?

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted July 5, 2023

Public Facility Corporations, or PFCs, are an important but complex new tool for producing affordable multifamily rental housing in Texas.…

Tags: lege23, PFCs, Public facility corporations

Low-Income Housing at the 88th Texas Legislature in Review

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted June 30, 2023

The 88th Texas Legislature was a consequential one for low-income housing. Lawmakers faced an unprecedented crisis of housing unaffordability and…

Tags: 2023 texas legislature, lege23, Texas Legislature

The Texas Supreme Court must extend its Emergency Order while renters are still stabilizing

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted June 29, 2023

Texas Housers believes that in order to stabilize tenants, we must build affordable housing, pass tenant protections, invest in eviction…

Tags: Eviction, eviction court, Texas Supreme Court

Out Of Reach 2023 outlines the need for permanent federal resources to combat rising rents in Texas

National issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted June 14, 2023

The saying goes that everything is bigger in Texas, and in housing that worn cliché still rings true. Texas is…

Tags: NLIHC, Out of Reach, reports

Austin City Council proclaims June 1st ‘Karen Paup Day’ in honor of work with Community Development Commission

Local issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted June 9, 2023

It isn’t every day that a Houser has a day declared in their honor, but Texas Housers’ longtime co-director Karen…

Tags: Austin, Community development commission

A Little Louder Episode 54: Highway Expansion and Stop TxDOT I-45 in Houston

A Little Louder•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted May 31, 2023

Since the innovation of major highways in the mid-20th century, there has been a legacy of erasure and erosion of…

Tags: A Little Louder, Houston, I-45, I-45 expansion

Tenant Bill of Rights in San Antonio makes big first step with new resolution

Local issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted May 19, 2023
Photo Credit: Texas Organizing Project

Tenants’ rights in Texas are in an exciting stage. We are advancing policies alongside community-led initiatives, everywhere from cities like…

Tags: Eviction prevention, San Antonio, Tenant Bill Of Rights

A Little Louder Episode 53: Midway Update at the 88th Session

A Little Louder, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted April 18, 2023

In this halftime report from the 88th Session of the Texas Legislature, or perhaps a little later in the game,…

Tags: A Little Louder, lege23, Texas Legislature

‘An Eviction Crisis In Texas’ summarizes what low-income renters face in a simple handout

Local issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted March 28, 2023

During the pandemic, rental assistance programs and temporary protections stabilized renter households facing economic challenges in our state. However, as…

Tags: evictions, lege23

A Little Louder Episode 52: From Eviction Courts to the Capitol (Part 2)

A Little Louder, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted March 22, 2023

A Little Louder is back to talk about the latest in housing from the 88th Session. Texas Housers has been…

Tags: A Little Louder, lege23, Texas Legislature

The Gap 2023 shows that Texas’ affordable housing shortage is among the nation’s most severe

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted March 17, 2023

The lack of affordable housing for low-income households in our state is a crisis that we’ve been fighting to repair…

Tags: Affordable housing, reports, The Gap

‘Drainage Study Mid-Point Report’ tracks the progress of Houston’s plans to equitably assess drainage infrastructure

Harvey Recovery, Local issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted March 8, 2023

Texas Housers is proud to announce the release of “Drainage Study Mid-Point Report,” a collaborative project featuring the work of…

Tags: drainage, Houston, Report

A Little Louder Episode 51: Housers and Allies at the Capitol (Part 1)

A Little Louder, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted March 1, 2023

This supersized episode of A Little Louder features two special guests to talk about bills affecting low-income households at the…

Tags: A Little Louder, lege23, Texas Legislature

The 2023 Houser Awards returned in person to honor advocates and organizers making change across Texas

Houser Awards•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted February 27, 2023

On February 21, following the digital-only ceremonies of the past few years, the Houser Awards made its long-awaited return in…

Tags: 2023 Houser Awards, Houser Awards

Housing in Texas for Low-Income households is explained in three simple resources

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted February 23, 2023

Our research team at Texas Housers created simple-to-use handouts that demonstrate the great need for low-income housing in our state,…

Tags: housing choice vouchers, lege23, LIHTC, Texas Legislature, workforce housing

Join us for the 2023 Texas Houser Awards on February 21 at 12pm!

Houser Awards•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted February 16, 2023

You are cordially invited to our annual Texas Houser Awards luncheon that will be held on Tuesday, February 21 at 12:00…

Tags: 2023 Houser Awards, Houser Awards

These are the housing bills and issues we’re watching at the 88th Texas Legislature

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted January 25, 2023

Well, it’s that time again. The 88th Texas Legislature began on Monday, January 10th. We at Texas Housers have been…

Tags: 88th session, lege23, Texas Legislature

A Little Louder Episode 50: What’s happening in housing at the 2023 Texas Legislature?

A Little Louder, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted January 20, 2023

It’s a new year and a new session, the 88th to be exact, of the Texas Legislature. Communications Manager Michael…

Tags: A Little Louder, lege23, Tenant rights, Texas Legislature

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