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Category: State issues

A Little Louder Episode 52: From Eviction Courts to the Capitol (Part 2)

A Little Louder, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted March 22, 2023

A Little Louder is back to talk about the latest in housing from the 88th Session. Texas Housers has been…

Tags: A Little Louder, lege23, Texas Legislature

The Gap 2023 shows that Texas’ affordable housing shortage is among the nation’s most severe

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted March 17, 2023

The lack of affordable housing for low-income households in our state is a crisis that we’ve been fighting to repair…

Tags: Affordable housing, reports, The Gap

A Little Louder Episode 51: Housers and Allies at the Capitol (Part 1)

A Little Louder, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted March 1, 2023

This supersized episode of A Little Louder features two special guests to talk about bills affecting low-income households at the…

Tags: A Little Louder, lege23, Texas Legislature

Housing in Texas for Low-Income households is explained in three simple resources

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted February 23, 2023

Our research team at Texas Housers created simple-to-use handouts that demonstrate the great need for low-income housing in our state,…

Tags: housing choice vouchers, lege23, LIHTC, Texas Legislature, workforce housing

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

These are the housing bills and issues we’re watching at the 88th Texas Legislature

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted January 25, 2023

Well, it’s that time again. The 88th Texas Legislature began on Monday, January 10th. We at Texas Housers have been…

Tags: 88th session, lege23, Texas Legislature

A Little Louder Episode 50: What’s happening in housing at the 2023 Texas Legislature?

A Little Louder, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted January 20, 2023

It’s a new year and a new session, the 88th to be exact, of the Texas Legislature. Communications Manager Michael…

Tags: A Little Louder, lege23, Tenant rights, Texas Legislature

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…

A Little Louder Episode 49: Let’s Meet Texas Tenants For Change

A Little Louder, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted November 23, 2022

This week, Texas Housers communications manager Michael Depland speaks with two members of Texas Tenants For Change â€“ Myra and Beeper. The…

Tags: A Little Louder, Houser Academy, lege23, Tenant rights, Texas Legislature

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

Check out the newly redesigned Texas Tenant Advisor from Texas Housers!

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted October 10, 2022

Our resource for informing tenants about their rights, the Texas Tenant Advisor, has received a major facelift! Months of work…

Tags: Renters, Tenant rights, texas tenant advisor

Read Texas Housers’ new report ‘How to Make the 2023 Tax Credit Housing QAP Work Better for Low-Income Tenants’

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted October 5, 2022

Texas Housers is pleased to announce the release of “How to Make the 2023 Tax Credit Housing QAP Work Better…

Tags: 2023 QAP, LIHTC, QAP, TDHCA

If Harris County is to be successful with a functional Right To Counsel program, it will need more than what is currently funded.

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted September 30, 2022

Julia Orduña, Texas Housers regional director in Houston, was joined by Jay Malone from Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation…

Tags: eviction court, Right to Counsel

Read Northeast Action Collective and Texas Housers’ joint call on HUD to uphold civil rights where Texas has failed

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted September 21, 2022

The Northeast Action Collective and Texas Housers continue to call on HUD to use all of its power to enforce…

Tags: CDBG MIT, HUD, Northeast Action Collective

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

Texas GLO must enter Voluntary Compliance Agreement or Southeast Texas communities of color will continue losing livelihoods and lives

Harvey Recovery, National issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted August 25, 2022

In March of 2022, the Department of Housing and Urban Development determined that the Texas General Land Office was discriminatory…

Tags: CDBG MIT, HUD, Texas GLO

Proposed Qualified Allocation Plan assisting households with incomes above HTC limits raises serious concerns

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted August 2, 2022

Each year, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) updates the set of rules that guide the Low…

Tags: Affordable housing, LIHTC, QAP, TDHCA

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

A Little Louder Episode 46: Intro to the Houser Academy

A Little Louder, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted June 17, 2022

The genesis of any major change in social justice starts from the people. There is no substitute for lived experience;…

Tags: A Little Louder

‘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 Episode 45: Texas GLO and Discrimination

A Little Louder, National issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted May 19, 2022

This week, HUD released its final determination that Texas GLO discriminated against Black and Hispanic Texans in its distribution of…

Tags: A Little Louder, CDBG MIT, Civil rights, Disaster recovery, Texas GLO

Last Month In Texas Evictions: Texas Housers’ May 2022 Special Newsletter

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted May 17, 2022

Last Month inTexas Evictions We present this newsletter to keep you informed of the most important Texas eviction updates each…

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

Some Texas Justice of the Peace courts are ignoring protections designed to protect tenants, with eviction being the result

State issues•by Tori Tavormina•Posted May 3, 2022

Texas Housers’ Eviction Prevention Specialist Tori Tavormina has chronicled her observations overseeing the Courtwatch program in Harris County. Below is…

Tags: covid-19, ERA, evictions, justices of the peace

The Gap 2022 report details changes we urgently need to help extremely low-income renters

National issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted April 21, 2022

Every year, The Gap report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) details the lack of affordable housing for…

Tags: Tenant rights, The Gap

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

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

Texas Housers calls on State of Texas to dismantle racial residential exclusion through the housing tax credit program

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted March 30, 2022

Texas Housers believes the locational decisions the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) adopts for selecting sites for…

Tags: Fair housing, High Opportunity Areas, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, residential racial segregation, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

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