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Category: Local issues

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

Cabo San Lucas Apartments attempted to improperly evict more than 100 residents at once. The tenants fought back and remained housed.

Local issues•by Taylor Laredo•Posted August 23, 2023

Fair and just trials are not guaranteed for tenants in Texas eviction courts. In reality, landlords often have a upper…

Tags: evictions, Houston

Temporary Justices of the Peace can have long lasting effects in Eviction Court on tenants, with little transparency of the process

Local issues, State issues•by Taylor Laredo•Posted August 11, 2023

Earlier this month, I visited my 15th justice of the peace court in Harris County within the last two months.…

Tags: eviction court, justice of the peace

HUD’s rules are intended to protect tenants in need. At Coppertree, tenants had to fight the department to seek justice.

Local issues, National issues, State issues•by Ericka Bowman•Posted August 7, 2023

This blog is the second entry in a three part series chronicling the efforts and struggles of residents attempting to…

Tags: coppertree, HUD, Section 8

Without reliable and secure ways to report poor living conditions, Section 8 tenants remain trapped in them

Local issues, National issues, State issues•by Ericka Bowman•Posted July 31, 2023

This blog is the first entry in a three part series chronicling the efforts and struggles of residents attempting to…

Tags: coppertree, project based section 8, Section 8

In Harris County, many changes are needed until all eviction courts operate equally

Local issues, State issues•by Taylor Laredo•Posted June 21, 2023
Source: i_am_jim (Jim Evans) from Wikimedia Commons

Texas renters are still fighting an uphill battle for housing stability. Across the state, we continue to see increasing rent…

Tags: Eviction, eviction court, Harris County

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

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

‘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

‘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

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’ 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

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