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Tag: Tenant rights

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

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 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 – Myra and Beeper. The…

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

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

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 43: What could a Tenant Bill of Rights do for San Antonio?

A Little Louder, Local issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted April 6, 2022

Texas Housers, alongside community members and Texas Organizing Project, have all strongly declared that San Antonio needs a Tenant Bill…

Tags: A Little Louder, San Antonio, Tenant Bill Of Rights, Tenant rights

Texas Housers calls on HUD to address the dire conditions and racial disparities at Millennia Properties

National issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted April 4, 2022

Texas Housers’ years of work in Project Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) housing has informed us on how management operates when…

Tags: HUD, millenia, sandpiper cove, Tenant rights

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

Houston PATCHwork and these district profiles show the stark difference in affordable housing availability across the largest city in Texas

Local issues•by Julia Orduña•Posted March 10, 2022

Texas Housers is a proud member of the Houston Organizing Movement for Equity (HOME) Coalition, a diverse coalition of community-based…

Tags: HOME coalition, Houston, Renter Profiles, Tenant rights

A Little Louder Episode 42: Expanding The Rights of Tenants In Austin with BASTA

A Little Louder, Local issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted March 10, 2022

On this episode, John is joined by Shoshana Krieger of BASTA Austin who stops by to talk about the fights for tenants’…

Tags: A Little Louder, Austin, BASTA, Tenant rights

Podcast episode 25: A Voice for San Antonio Renters

A Little Louder, Local issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted February 21, 2020

Nearly half of the city of San Antonio’s residents are renters, and the cost of renting an apartment in the…

Tags: Fair housing, Renters, San Antonio, Tenant rights

Episode 18: The Power of Renters

A Little Louder, Local issues, State issues•by •Posted October 11, 2019

More than one-third of households in Texas are renters, and in Austin, more than half of residents rent their homes.…

Tags: Austin, BASTA, Fair housing, Renters, Tenant rights

These bills strengthening Texas tenants’ rights and disaster recovery could reshape our future

Harvey Recovery, Local issues, State issues•by Michael Depland•Posted March 4, 2019

Texans face a host of housing issues: an inadequate amount of quality affordable homes and the lingering effects of Hurricane…

Tags: Disaster recovery, Tenant rights, Texas Legislature

Bills expected to raise tenant late fees advance in Texas House and Senate

State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted April 21, 2017

As the Texas Legislature swings into high gear, we’ll be covering committee hearings and votes on key bills related to housing.…

Tags: Tenant rights, Texas Legislature

Texas House committee debates caps and increases on late fees for tenants, voucher holders

State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted March 27, 2017

As the Texas Legislature swings into high gear, we’ll be covering committee hearings and votes on key bills related to housing.…

Tags: Tenant rights, Texas Legislature

UT report finds City of Austin doing little about dangerous rental housing conditions

Local issues•by •Posted July 31, 2015

The Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law, directed by our friend (and previous…

Tags: Austin, Heather Way, Rental housing, Tenant rights

NLIHC Highlights Nacogdoches Tenant Association

Local issues, National issues•by •Posted May 21, 2013

The Spring 2013 issue of Tenant Talk, a publication of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, contains a moving essay…

Tags: NLIHC, Tenant rights, Tenant Talk, texas tenants union

What kind of city do we want Austin to be? | Paup in Austin American-Statesman

Local issues•by •Posted July 18, 2011

From the Austin American-Statesman, Sunday, July 17, 2011 Now that he’s been told to make way for redevelopment efforts on…

Tags: Austin, Fair housing, Gentrification, Tenant rights

Governor Vetos Tenants Rights Bill, Austin Homestead Preservation District Bill

State issues•by •Posted June 17, 2011

In addition to the TDHCA sunset bill, Perry also vetoed two three other housing related bills: HB 1429 (Deshotel; Carona)…

Tags: Austin, Homestead preservation district, Tenant rights, Vetoes

I thought pigs would fly first, but landlord and tenant advocates work together

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 6, 2009

A strange, good thing came about in Texas in landlord tenant relations during this session of the Texas Legislature. After…

Tags: Housing policy, Tenant rights
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