Low-income households in Texas are being crushed by unaffordable housing costs, corporate landlords that are exhibiting increasingly monopolistic behaviors, poor…
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HB 21 closes loopholes and requires greater affordability for Housing Finance Corporations tax exemption
In Texas’ 89th Legislature, HB 21 significantly reformed Tax Exempt Private Partnerships (TEPPs) for affordable multifamily rental housing development. The…
A Little Louder Episode 76: Wrapping Up The 2025 Texas Legislature
We’ve come to the end of the 89th Session of the Texas Legislature and we’re joined by Texas Housers’ research…
Landlords tried to take tenants’ rights away with SB 38. Our coalition of advocates and community stopped them.
As the 2025 Texas Legislature comes to a close, we are celebrating a hard fought victory for preserving basic tenant…
A Little Louder Episode 74: How aging Texans face issues with affordable housing
On this episode, Kathy Green from AARP Texas joins the show to talk about how affordable and low-income housing issues…
Community members and advocates testify at the 2025 Texas Legislature to support protections for housing voucher recipients
Housing voucher recipients can face a difficult path to safe and decent housing in the state of Texas. These households…
A Little Louder Episode 73: Breaking down HB 32 and SB 38 (aka the Eviction Bills)
Texas Housers is tracking several housing bills at the 2025 Texas Legislature, some good and some bad. However, one piece…
Austin is making air conditioning a requirment for rental households. The State of Texas can and should soon follow.
For Texans, air conditioning in the home is a necessity. Temperatures reliably reach daily highs in the 90s or much…
Tenants and advocates take to 2025 Texas Legislature to testify on eviction bill HB 32
Tenants’ rights are rarely granted with ease, but rather, they are fought for. That is true of most civil rights,…
A Little Louder Episode 71: Back to the Capitol for the 89th Texas Legislature
Our first episode of 2025 is a running start right into the 89th Session of the Texas Legislature and there…
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…
Looking to 2025, Texas Housers is focusing on these housing issues at the 89th Texas Legislature
Today, Texas Housers announces our legislative priorities for the 89th Texas Legislature, which begins January 14th, 2025. Housing will be…