In April, Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies released a new report analyzing the challenges that tenants are facing…
Category: Research
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A Little Louder Episode 81: How is Texas enabling our state’s top evictors?
The research team at Texas Housers has spent the first half of 2026 focused on analyzing the top evictors in…
When eviction becomes business as usual: serial filing, court system strain, and eviction as a rent collection tool
In our ongoing project examining the characteristics of top evictors in Bexar and Harris counties, we have found that eviction…
My Time With Housers: Destiny Salgado
For nearly 40 years, Texas Housers has valued the efforts of students in the housing justice movement. Our internship program…
A handful of owners quietly evict the most renters in Harris and Bexar counties. Naming them on rental registries would keep them accountable.
In our recent research on property owners and evictions, we have found that eviction filings in Bexar and Harris counties…
What we found when we compared high evicting properties in Harris and Bexar Counties
Evictions remain a defining feature of the affordable housing problem in Texas. Every year, Texas Housers tracks tens of thousands…
Texas Housers’ updated Bexar County Eviction Mapping Tool identifies hotspots driving displacement in San Antonio
Texas Housers has officially re-launched our Bexar County eviction mapping tool, now updated with the most recent available eviction data…
A Little Louder Episode 77: What Texas’ largest cities tell us about evictions and affordability
Texas Housers’ top researchers Erin Hahn and Sidney Beaty join A Little Louder to talk about their new interactive projects.…
Harris County Eviction Mapping Tool shows eviction cases are concentrated by area, higher than pre-pandemic levels, and significantly come from out-of-state owners
Written by Taylor Laredo and Sidney Beaty Today, Texas Housers released its annual Harris County Eviction Mapping Tool and Harris…
Texas Housers new San Antonio Renter Profiles show where renters live, what they pay, and challenges they face in 2025
Texas Housers releases the 2025 edition of our San Antonio City Council District Renter Profiles at a pivotal moment marked…
2025 Out Of Reach report shows slight wage increases aren’t keeping pace with costs to fix affordable housing crisis
NLIHC has released the 2025 edition of its Out of Reach report, which chronicles the gulf between the wages people…
Read Texas Housers’ latest analysis: ‘How to Improve Housing Tax Credits for Low Income Texans: 2025 QAP Report’
Texas Housers is pleased to announce the release of “How to Improve Housing Tax Credits for Low Income Texans: 2025…
‘The Gap 2025’ finds Texas only has 1 affordable rental home available for every 4 extremely low-income households
The shortage of affordable housing for extremely low-income households is a primary focus for Texas Housers. This is an issue…
A Little Louder Episode 72: Diving into the massive eviction hub of Houston
Houston is a cross-section of so many factors when it comes to low-income housing. It is the fourth-largest city in…
Texas Housers’ Harris County eviction mapping database explores the landscape of eviction in Houston
Texas Housers has officially launched our Harris County eviction mapping tool, with the most recent eviction data available from 2023.…
Track the affordability needs of every Texas state legislative district with our new tool
Texas Housers is pleased to announce the release of our Texas Legislative District Housing Profiles, a new tool to help…
A Little Louder Episode 70: Our biggest stories (and some you might have missed) from 2024
In a supersized episode, we leave 2024 with a bang. Michael Depland speaks with the staff of Texas Housers to…
Texas Housers’ Bexar County eviction mapping tool explores the landscape of eviction in San Antonio
Texas Housers has officially re-launched our Bexar County eviction mapping tool, with updated eviction data from 2023. The interactive tool…
A Little Louder Episode 69: What data in Dallas tells about the future of affordable housing
The need for affordable housing for low-income households is one of the most pressing issues Texans face today. And thanks…
A Little Louder Episode 68: Land use deregulation and its limitations on achieving housing affordability
The shortage of affordable housing is one of the largest crises facing low-income households in our state, if not the…
Land use deregulation has been touted as the solution to Texas’ housing crisis. A new report from Texas Housers shows its limits to help those most in need.
Texas Housers is pleased to announce the release of our new report, “The Limitations of Land Use Deregulation for Housing…
A Little Louder Episode 67: Replacement Reserves restore aging properties. But where are they actually going?
The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program (LIHTC) is the largest creator of affordable housing in our state. As these tax…
Institutional investors have an undeniable impact on low-income housing. Without more data, we don’t know how to measure it.
In September 2024, the Texas House of Representatives held a hearing on a number of interim charges issued by Lieutenant…
New report: TDHCA must improve replacement reserves policies to help ensure safe and decent conditions at older tax credit properties
This week, the University of Texas School of Law’s Housing Policy Clinic released an important new housing report, Best Practices…
San Antonio City Council increases fees on Short Term Rentals as advocates raise concerns on housing insecurity
Last month, San Antonio City Council voted unanimously to triple the permit fees that are paid by short-term rental (STR)…
Despite rising wages, Out Of Reach 2024 shows that without affordable housing, low-income households remain unstable
The lack of affordable housing is one of our nation’s most urgent crises. In Texas, we are witnessing a microcosm…
Texas Housers analyzed all 16 eviction courts in Harris County. Here are the major takeaways from our 2024 Eviction Snapshots.
This blog was updated on 5/29/2024 to include upgraded versions of the Eviction Snapshots that provide more details on defendant…
Right to counsel is a proven, cost-effective, and essential resource for tenants, report from Keep Harris Housed finds
Harris County is experiencing an eviction crisis. The near nationwide-high number of case filings is driven by a multitude of…
The Gap 2024 highlights the deep shortage of affordable housing in Texas and what must change
The need for affordable housing is as urgent of an issue as it has been in many years. In Texas,…
A Little Louder Episode 61: Unmasking Ownership at Problem Properties
Over the past six months, Texas Housers has spotlighted the stories of uninhabitable conditions and mass evictions at Cabo San Lucas apartments…