Texas Housers outlines goals to ensure 2021 is a year to advance housing justice
With the turn to a new year, people often look forward to the dawn of better days, great possibility andContinue Reading
With the turn to a new year, people often look forward to the dawn of better days, great possibility andContinue Reading
Everyone needs a home. Never more so than during this pandemic. Past government efforts to keep Americans who can’t payContinue Reading
Texas Housers staff and volunteers have been tracking the experiences of Texas tenants brought before Texas Justice of the PeaceContinue Reading
In July of 2020, Texas Housers posted on our blog about the lawsuit we filed alongside cities and fair housingContinue Reading
As our nation looks to turn over the calendar to 2021, we also approach a dangerous deadline. The CDC’s moratoriumContinue Reading
As we grow closer to the end of the year, with a possibly expiring eviction moratorium from the CDC, itContinue Reading
For Texas Housers’ latest podcast episode, John and I are experimenting with a new format. We’re discussing what we’re reading,Continue Reading
The CARES Act was designed to provide rent relief and other aid for complications caused by COVID-19. There have beenContinue Reading
Since news of the COVID-19 pandemic first broke in spring 2020, Texas Housers has made tracking the disease’s effects onContinue Reading
On Sept 1, the Center for Disease Control and the Department of Health and Human Services announced that the federalContinue Reading
This morning, Texas Housers, under the leadership of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition and represented by Public Citizen Litigation Group,Continue Reading
In response to the coronavirus pandemic and widespread economic turmoil, several major cities and counties in Texas have implemented directContinue Reading
I am a third generation Texan who has spent most of my life investigating the role of government in racialContinue Reading
COVID-19 has forced our nation to reckon with many of its flawed systems. While our country is experiencing a fundamentalContinue Reading
Racial prejudice is not simply expressed through interpersonal bigotry, but it is a systemic issue that has been intentionally builtContinue Reading
This week, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in a landmark case that an individual could not beContinue Reading
As we enter the month of June, Texans all over our state will look at their bank accounts, open theirContinue Reading
Cities and counties in Texas with populations under 500,000 will receive relief funds at a much lower per capita rateContinue Reading
We have joined with our partners at Texas Tenants’ Union and Texas Homeless Network in ensuring that the COVID-19 crisisContinue Reading
“Our community has always survived without, so this isn’t necessarily new, but during a state of emergency, we are moreContinue Reading
Last week, the National Low Income Housing Coalition published their 2020 edition of The Gap report, which annually evaluates theContinue Reading
This week, President Trump announced the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is “suspending all foreclosures and evictions untilContinue Reading
When Texans are confronted with rising floodwater, violent tornadoes, or other threats, we have shown that we band together toContinue Reading
This week, the National Low Income Housing Coalition released their 2020 edition of The Gap report, which annually evaluates theContinue Reading
In early January 2020, Oakland group Moms4Housing was subjected to a militarized eviction from an unoccupied home it had takenContinue Reading
In Texas, and across the country disability rights activists have demanded, worked for, and won improved transportation services, the rightContinue Reading
On February 5, Congress is holding a hearing entitled “The Trump Administration’s Proposal to Gut Fair Housing Accountability” to discussContinue Reading
Texas Housers is committed to housing justice in all the avenues that we use. Communities where individuals and families sufferContinue Reading
There is no question that the impetus for Congress passing and President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the 1968 Fair HousingContinue Reading
This week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under Secretary Ben Carson abdicated its role as the country’sContinue Reading