Texas Housers is dedicated to public and governmental advocacy for low-income Texans to have equitable access —regardless of race, national origin,Continue Reading
Millions of Texan renters have been majorly impacted by landlords raising rents this year. Couple this with eviction case numbersContinue Reading
The Texas Rent Relief program, administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA), closed its application portalContinue Reading
In Texas, tenants have few legal defenses against their landlords in eviction hearings. Tenants cannot countersue to hold their landlordsContinue Reading
The power balance between tenants and landlords is usually tilted in the latter’s favor, and this is true in noContinue Reading
The Emergency Rental Assistance program (ERA) has distributed at least $2.5 billion in the state of Texas with $1.9 billionContinue Reading
Texas Housers, alongside community members and Texas Organizing Project, have all strongly declared that San Antonio needs a Tenant BillContinue Reading
Tenants in Texas need a change. In our state, the most basic rights for millions of renter households are notContinue Reading
The US Treasury Department oversees state and local government expenditures of federal Emergency Rent Assistance funds. Texas Housers has discoveredContinue Reading
Texas Housers is a proud member of the Houston Organizing Movement for Equity (HOME) Coalition, a diverse coalition of community-basedContinue Reading
On this episode, John is joined by Shoshana Krieger of BASTA Austin who stops by to talk about the fights for tenants’Continue Reading
Texas Housers issues an urgent plea to government officials in certain Texas cities and counties to act immediately before theyContinue Reading
We are starting off 2022 in a big way with a few videos highlighting what the last year looked like for TexasContinue Reading
A Little Louder is launching a new miniseries within our show on substandard housing in Texas. Our latest episode kicksContinue Reading
Texas Housers is pleased to announce the publication of “Ousted: The City of San Antonio’s Displacement of Residents through CodeContinue Reading
Texas Housers has worked with tenants in the Coppertree Village apartment complex for many years. A property that hosts numerousContinue Reading
Texas Housers is proud to introduce Mia Loseff as our new South Texas Regional Director. Joining our team in 2019,Continue Reading
Texas Housers, alongside several community organizations, has continued to pressure the Texas General Land Office to ensure that CDBG MitigationContinue Reading
Following the Supreme Court ruling to end the CDC moratorium in August 2021, Texas Housers wrote a 5-Point Plan thatContinue Reading
On August 26th, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States ended the CDC moratorium on evictions in a rulingContinue Reading
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in a decision on August 26 to end the CDC moratorium onContinue Reading
Texas Housers is proud to announce that Julia Orduña has been named our new Southeast Texas Regional Director. Julia joinedContinue Reading
Update 7/13: At time of publishing, Texas Housers did not have complete figures from Houston and Harris County that fitContinue Reading
Contributed by Erin Hahn and Ally Harris The CDC’s federal eviction moratorium, which was set to expire June 30, 2021,Continue Reading
In Corpus Christi, the Hillcrest neighborhood has hosted generations of families who have built community and created history for moreContinue Reading
In August 2020, the threat of Hurricane Laura was approaching a HUD-contracted Galveston property known as Sandpiper Cove. Having experiencedContinue Reading
People of color have historically faced systemic obstacles in access to homeownership, yet so many have still persevered to secureContinue Reading
Since the start of the COVID-19 crisis in March 2020, Texas Housers has advocated for a grace period ordinance inContinue Reading
Texas Housers is committed to justice at the intersection of civil rights and housing. In Houston specifically, this means fighting the erosionContinue Reading
Contributed by Julia Orduña and Ally Harris As we enter the new year, many Texans are coming to terms withContinue Reading