The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs has announced that they intend to make available $1.3 billion to eligible…
Category: Tenant Rights
Tenant Rights are all the protections that can and should afford a renter the right to living safely and securely. All the stories that touch on laws, rules and regulations, fair housing, eviction court and the eviction process can be found here.
Governor Abbott and Texas Legislators: you got us in this mess, here is what you must do to fix it
A monumental failure of Texas state government is responsible for a statewide power outage causing devastation of our economy and…
The CDC Eviction Moratorium Needs Amendments, Not Just Extensions
Contributed by Julia Orduña and Ally Harris As we enter the new year, many Texans are coming to terms with…
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 and…
Three things President-elect Biden needs to do Jan 20 to keep Americans housed
Everyone needs a home. Never more so than during this pandemic. Past government efforts to keep Americans who can’t pay…
Get Involved: Texas Housers uses CourtWatch to track improper COVID related evictions
Texas Housers staff and volunteers have been tracking the experiences of Texas tenants brought before Texas Justice of the Peace…
Texas COVID relief and eviction diversion programs could fall short if these major issues aren’t fixed
Texas’s first statewide COVID-19 rental assistance program will kick off this January after months of government planning and public calls…
Podcast #33: A temporary eviction moratorium and $1.9B for rent relief is coming to Texas
Congress passed and President Trump signed a pandemic relief bill granting a month-long extension of the current federal eviction moratorium…
Watch Texas Housers’ December COVID Response Call on link between Housing & Health
As our nation looks to turn over the calendar to 2021, we also approach a dangerous deadline. The CDC’s moratorium…
Texas Housers and interfaith community groups call on state leaders for eviction moratorium
As our nation marches toward a new year, we also edge toward a cliff with mass evictions on a scale…
Introducing the Residents’ and Advocates’ Equitable Relocation Checklist
Contributed by Caleb Roberts, Sophie Dulberg, and Ericka Bowman When we talk about displacement, we often speak generally about the…
Texas Housers November COVID Response Call focused on delivering rent relief to the public
As we grow closer to the end of the year, with a possibly expiring eviction moratorium from the CDC, it…
Texas Housers COVID Response Call and Keep Texans Housed website track where housing and the pandemic meet
Since news of the COVID-19 pandemic first broke in spring 2020, Texas Housers has made tracking the disease’s effects on…
Breaking news: TX Supreme Court issues emergency order on CDC eviction moratorium to protect Texas tenants
By a vote of 6-2 today the Texas Supreme Court has issued an emergency order setting out much needed clearer…
Texans are losing their homes because judges are not consistently enforcing CDC eviction moratorium order
A September 1 order by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) prohibits landlords from evicting tenants from…
The CDC’s national eviction moratorium is long overdue, but won’t protect tenants without robust rental relief
On Sept 1, the Center for Disease Control and the Department of Health and Human Services announced that the federal…
In alarming move toward mass displacement, Texas AG Ken Paxton says local governments cannot impose eviction moratoriums
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion today that local governmental entities operating under local emergency declarations cannot delay,…
Texas Housers creates equitable rental relief guidelines after speaking with local governments across the state
In response to the coronavirus pandemic and widespread economic turmoil, several major cities and counties in Texas have implemented direct…
Calls on Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner to allow a city council vote on temporary eviction moratorium
The Houston Chronicle reports that Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner is refusing to put a moratorium on evictions before the Houston…
Out Of Reach 2020 highlights that there is too little affordable housing for low-income Texans
COVID-19 has forced our nation to reckon with many of its flawed systems. While our country is experiencing a fundamental…
Texas rent relief programs are failing to target low-income residents under COVID-19
COVID-19 was first documented reaching Texas in March 2020, and residents have suffered disease, job and income loss, and fear…
Harris County proceeds with evictions hearings behind closed doors as COVID-19 cases rise
On May 19, the State of Texas allowed its eviction protections for renters to expire, leaving only tenants who live…
Texas Housers is monitoring local government responses to COVID 19-induced housing crisis with new scorecard
The CARES Act — the federal stimulus signed into law on March 27, 2020 — authorized substantial fund transfers from…
These maps show San Antonio’s COVID-19 relief should address where the most vulnerable residents live
As the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic started to emerge this past spring, cities and states rushed to find relief…
Texas Housers forms COVID-19 Task Force to ensure an equitable and transparent disaster recovery
As we enter the month of June, Texans all over our state will look at their bank accounts, open their…
Unsure if your home is protected from eviction during COVID-19? We co-created a new map tool to help.
When the State of Texas lifted its eviction moratorium in May that was keeping Texans housed and safe, many renters were…
Texas Housers calls on local officials to preserve communities and protect people from homelessness and displacement
The federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic was delayed and has been, at times, inconsistent and confusing. Much of the…
Texas Housers unites with more than 100 San Antonio residents and groups requesting a right to cure rent during COVID-19
COVID-19 has interrupted our everyday lives in many ways, including our access to income. More than 1 million jobs have…
Texas Housers joins Texas Tenants’ Union in call for $100 billion in emergency rent relief
We have joined with our partners at Texas Tenants’ Union and Texas Homeless Network in ensuring that the COVID-19 crisis…
Texas Housers comments on Houston’s Analysis of Impediments outline the necessary action behind the city’s talk
On April 16, Texas Housers submitted comments alongside Texas Appleseed on Houston’s Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice. Every…