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A Little Louder Video Buzz Session 2: Lessons to learn from COVID

A Little Louder, National issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted March 24, 2022

In our latest Buzz Session from A Little Louder, host John Henneberger sits with Texas Housers’ Southeast Texas regional director…

Tags: A Little Louder, buzz session, covid-19, eviction diversion program, evictions, rent relief

Update on ERA in Texas (VIDEO)

A Little Louder, National issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted March 16, 2022

This Buzz Session from A Little Louder is an exclusive video from Housers’ research analyst Erin Hahn. In the clip,…

Tags: A Little Louder, ERA, evictions, rent relief

Justices of the Peace in Texas should make these best practices permanent to establish equality in eviction court

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted March 15, 2022

With most Covid-era tenant protections coming to an end, Texas Housers is calling on Justices of the Peace in our…

Tags: covid-19, eviction court, evictions, justices of the peace

A Little Louder Episode 42: Expanding The Rights of Tenants In Austin with BASTA

A Little Louder, Local issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted March 10, 2022

On this episode, John is joined by Shoshana Krieger of BASTA Austin who stops by to talk about the fights for tenants’…

Tags: A Little Louder, Austin, BASTA, Tenant rights

HUD finds that Texas GLO discriminated against communities of color in $4 billion CDBG-MIT program

National issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted March 8, 2022

In a historic victory for communities of color in Houston and the Gulf Coast, the Department of Housing and Urban…

Tags: CDBG, CDBG MIT, Disaster recovery, HUD, Texas GLO

WATCH: Texas Housers joins Houston organizers for ‘Preventing Eviction: Beyond The Crisis’ livestream

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted February 24, 2022

Housing insecurity has been one of the biggest issues to face Americans during the pandemic. Renters across the nation who…

Tags: covid-19, evictions, livestream

Texas Housers new Eviction Case Dashboard expands the picture of what tenants in danger of displacement face

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted January 25, 2022

Texas Housers has officially launched our Texas Eviction Case dashboard as a part of our Texas Eviction Diversion Tracker. Alongside…

Tags: dashboard, ERA, evictions, featured

Watch ‘Texas Housers 2021 Video Rewind’ as we spotlight the unique voices who fought for housing justice

Local issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted January 20, 2022

We are starting off 2022 in a big way with a few videos highlighting what the last year looked like for Texas…

Tags: CourtWatch, evictions, featured, housing choice voucher, Houston, public housing, San Antonio, Texas Housers

Track the progress of state and local ERA distribution in Texas with Texas Housers’ ERA dashboard

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted December 23, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic and the financial crisis that it gave rise to have taken a devastating toll on Americans. In…

Tags: ERA, rent relief

A Little Louder Episode 41: Houston’s Dangerous Apartment Problem Part 1

Local issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted December 20, 2021

A Little Louder is launching a new miniseries within our show on substandard housing in Texas. Our latest episode kicks…

Tags: City of Houston, Houston, Sunnyside

A Little Louder Podcast Episode 40: Demolition Deluge in San Antonio

A Little Louder, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted December 10, 2021

A Little Louder is back with our latest episode and we are talking demolitions in San Antonio. On this week’s…

Tags: A Little Louder, Demolitions, San Antonio

Join us for a livestream play along of ‘Dot’s Home’ with Evan Narcisse, Councilmember Greg Casar and more!

National issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted December 6, 2021

The housing justice video game Dot’s Home is now available for free on PC/Mac and mobile devices, and we are…

Tags: Dot's Home, housing justice, livestream

A Little Louder Podcast Episode 39: Five things that need fixing in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program

A Little Louder, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted November 22, 2021

John is back in the booth for a new episode of A Little Louder! On this episode of A Little…

Tags: A Little Louder, Affordable housing, LIHTC

University of Texas Law researchers report excessive “orders to vacate” and demolitions in low-income San Antonio neighborhoods

Local issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted November 19, 2021

Texas Housers is pleased to announce the publication of “Ousted: The City of San Antonio’s Displacement of Residents through Code…

Tags: order to vacate, Report, San Antonio

Section 8 tenants score victory in court ruling, HUD must relocate renters in substandard housing

Local issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted November 8, 2021

Texas Housers has worked with tenants in the Coppertree Village apartment complex for many years. A property that hosts numerous…

Tags: coppertree, Section 8

Texas Housers new South Texas Regional Director Mia Loseff knows community leads the march to real change

Local issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted October 26, 2021

Texas Housers is proud to introduce Mia Loseff as our new South Texas Regional Director. Joining our team in 2019,…

Tags: San Antonio

Texas GLO’s Mitigation Plan Amendment fails to rectify discrimination in mitigation funding. Here are our official comments.

Local issues, National issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted October 6, 2021

Texas Housers, alongside several community organizations, has continued to pressure the Texas General Land Office to ensure that CDBG Mitigation…

Tags: community development block grants, Houston, Port Arthur

Watch community members, Texas Housers and Northeast Action Collective’s press conference on Texas GLO’s neglect of neighborhoods of color

Harvey Recovery, National issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted September 21, 2021

On August 22, the Texas General Land Office (GLO) asked HUD to approve a modification of GLO’s controversial decision to…

Tags: Disaster recovery, Northeast Action Collective, Press Conference, Texas General Land Office

Podcast Episode 37: ERA and the Eviction Crisis in Texas

A Little Louder•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted September 7, 2021

On our latest episode of A Little Louder, John is joined by several Housers to talk about rent relief and…

Tags: A Little Louder, ERA, evictions, rent relief

Texas Housers evaluates how cities and counties have progressed in Volume 2.0 of ERAP effectiveness report

Local issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted September 7, 2021

On August 26th, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States ended the CDC moratorium on evictions in a ruling…

Tags: covid-19, featured, rent relief

State of Texas, counties and cities need to get rent assistance to tenants ASAP!

National issues, Uncategorized•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted September 1, 2021

This infographic from Texas Housers’ senior researcher Ben Martin shows the genuine danger thousands, if not millions, of Texans are…

Tags: covid-19, evictions, rent assistance

Texas Housers calls for immediate State and local action to prevent mass displacement following abrupt lift of CDC moratorium on evictions

Local issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted August 27, 2021

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in a decision on August 26 to end the CDC moratorium on…

Tags: CDC moratorium, covid-19

Texas Housers new Southeast Texas Regional Director Julia Orduña supports a resident-empowered future

Local issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted August 26, 2021

Texas Housers is proud to announce that Julia Orduña has been named our new Southeast Texas Regional Director. Julia joined…

Tags: Houston

Read Texas Housers’ comments to FEMA on the efficiency and equity of their aid distribution

National issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted July 22, 2021

Comments by Julia Orduña When the Biden Administration took office in January 2021, among the first executive orders issued from…

Tags: Disaster recovery, FEMA

Podcast Episode 36: Who Can Afford The Rent In Texas?

A Little Louder•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted July 14, 2021

The National Low Income Housing Coalition has released its Out of Reach report for 2021 and John and Christina are back in…

Tags: A Little Louder, NLIHC, Out of Reach

Watch our Tenants’ rights 2021 Texas Legislature wrap-up

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted July 12, 2021

The 87th Texas Legislature was conducted under the most unique and difficult time for tenants in recent memory. With this…

Tags: Texas Legislature

Texas Housers evaluates how cities and counties disburse COVID rent relief in latest report

Local issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted July 8, 2021

Update 7/13: At time of publishing, Texas Housers did not have complete figures from Houston and Harris County that fit…

Tags: covid-19, rent relief

Nearing the Eviction Cliff: What We’re Observing in Harris County Courtrooms

Local issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted June 25, 2021
Credit: Patrick Feller, CC 2.0

Contributed by Erin Hahn and Ally Harris The CDC’s federal eviction moratorium, which was set to expire June 30, 2021,…

Tags: CDC, covid-19, eviction moratorium

Houser Academy Guest Blog: Reviving the American Family

National issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted June 11, 2021
Photo by Family First on StockSnap

As a member of the inaugural class of our Houser Academy, RJ Griffin focused on advocating for housing for those…

Tags: Houser Academy

Podcast Episode 35: Eviction Courtwatch During COVID-19

A Little Louder, National issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted June 8, 2021

The CDC Eviction Moratorium should protect many individuals who appear before a Justice of the Peace due to non-payment of…

Tags: CDC, covid-19, eviction moratorium

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