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Category: Local issues

‘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

Can justice be served in 60 seconds?

Local issues, State issues•by Julia Orduña•Posted February 17, 2023

Someone sounded the alarm. EMERGENCY: 500 EVICTION CASES ON VALENTINE’S DAY  Tenants were in need. Legal aids jumped into action.…

Tags: eviction court, evictions, Harris County, justice of the peace, Tenant rights, tenants

Texas Housers is searching for our next community navigator in Houston

Local issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted December 31, 2022

Focus on projects, policy and messaging to support low-income tenants across Houston struggling for housing stability because of economic hardship…

Tags: Houston, Job announcement

A Little Louder Buzz Session #7: How did ERA really perform in Texas?

A Little Louder, Local issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted December 13, 2022

The Department of Treasury launched its Emergency Rental Assistance Program in March of 2021 with Texas receiving $2.4 billion dollars…

Tags: A Little Louder, ERA, evictions, US Treasury Department

Read Texas Housers’ new report, ‘Emergency Rental Assistance in Texas: How it went and what happens now’

Local issues, State issues•by Erin Hahn•Posted December 6, 2022

Texas Housers is excited to announce the release of “Emergency Rental Assistance in Texas: How it went and what happens…

Texas Housers is searching for our next advocacy coordinator to work on policy and community outreach across Texas

Local issues, National issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted October 18, 2022

Texas Housers’ Advocacy Coordinator is dedicated to public and governmental advocacy for low-income Texans to have equitable access, regardless of…

Tags: hiring, Job announcement

Texas Housers’ release of 2022 San Antonio District Renter Profiles show unique challenges for tenants in SA

Local issues•by Mia Loseff•Posted September 20, 2022

Texas Housers has released its 2022 Renter Profiles, sorted by City Council district, providing a picture of all that it…

Tags: Renter Profiles, San Antonio

A Little Louder Video Buzz Session #5: Managing Code Violations in San Antonio

A Little Louder, Local issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted September 8, 2022

Code violations are supposed to help maintain safety and hold the powerful accountable on behalf of community members, however they…

Tags: A Little Louder, buzz session, San Antonio, SAPMC

Five Years After Harvey: Disaster Recovery In Texas Is An Ongoing Disaster

Harvey Recovery, Local issues, National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted August 26, 2022

In a series of blogs, Texas Housers is observing the 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Harvey by examining the responses from…

Tags: Hurricane Harvey, Texas GLO

REPORT: Soaring rents put affordable housing ‘Out Of Reach’ for low-income tenants in Texas

Local issues, National issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted July 28, 2022

Millions of Texan renters have been majorly impacted by landlords raising rents this year. Couple this with eviction case numbers…

Tags: Affordable housing, NLIHC, Out of Reach

Texas ERA programs are closing their doors, while need for rent relief is rising

Local issues, State issues•by Erin Hahn•Posted June 27, 2022

The Texas Rent Relief program, administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA), closed its application portal…

Tags: ERA, evictions

‘Case Dismissed!’ What does this mean for tenants in eviction hearings?

Local issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted June 14, 2022

In Texas, tenants have few legal defenses against their landlords in eviction hearings. Tenants cannot countersue to hold their landlords…

Tags: evictions

A Little Louder Video Buzz Session #4: Justices of the Peace are ignoring tenant protections

A Little Louder, Local issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted May 6, 2022

The power balance between tenants and landlords is usually tilted in the latter’s favor, and this is true in no…

Tags: A Little Louder, buzz session, evictions, jp court

A Little Louder Episode 44: Issues with Texas Rent Relief

A Little Louder, Local issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted April 15, 2022

The Emergency Rental Assistance program (ERA) has distributed at least $2.5 billion in the state of Texas with $1.9 billion…

Tags: A Little Louder, evictions, San Antonio

A Little Louder Episode 43: What could a Tenant Bill of Rights do for San Antonio?

A Little Louder, Local issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted April 6, 2022

Texas Housers, alongside community members and Texas Organizing Project, have all strongly declared that San Antonio needs a Tenant Bill…

Tags: A Little Louder, San Antonio, Tenant Bill Of Rights, Tenant rights

San Antonio needs a Tenant Bill of Rights. Here is where we start.

Local issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted April 1, 2022

Tenants in Texas need a change. In our state, the most basic rights for millions of renter households are not…

Tags: San Antonio, Tenant Bill Of Rights, Tenant rights

A Little Louder Video Buzz Session #3: Treasury must clarify plan for recapturing Emergency Rent Assistance funds

A Little Louder, Local issues, National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted March 29, 2022

The US Treasury Department oversees state and local government expenditures of federal Emergency Rent Assistance funds. Texas Housers has discovered…

Tags: buzz session, emergency rent assistance, evictions, Texas, unexpended funds, US Treasury Department

Houston PATCHwork and these district profiles show the stark difference in affordable housing availability across the largest city in Texas

Local issues•by Julia Orduña•Posted March 10, 2022

Texas Housers is a proud member of the Houston Organizing Movement for Equity (HOME) Coalition, a diverse coalition of community-based…

Tags: HOME coalition, Houston, Renter Profiles, Tenant rights

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

Texas cities and counties may lose up to $103M in emergency rent relief if they fail to act before March 31

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted March 4, 2022

Texas Housers issues an urgent plea to government officials in certain Texas cities and counties to act immediately before they…

Tags: emergency rent assistance, evictions, Housing news, rent relief, Texas

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

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

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

Beyond the Moratorium: Eviction courts must use Community Navigation to get rent relief to tenants quickly

Local issues, State issues•by •Posted September 16, 2021

Following the Supreme Court ruling to end the CDC moratorium in August 2021, Texas Housers wrote a 5-Point Plan that…

Tags: community navigators, covid-19, eviction moratorium, 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

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

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