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Tag: Texas Legislature

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: 2023 texas legislature, 88th session, 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, 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, Tenant rights, Texas Legislature

A Little Louder Podcast Episode 38: The American Rescue Plan Act and Tenants’ Rights

A Little Louder, State issues•by Michael Depland•Posted November 5, 2021

John is back in the booth for a new episode of A Little Louder! On the show the time, we…

Tags: A Little Louder, ARPA, ERA, rent relief, Texas Legislature

Watch our Tenants’ rights 2021 Texas Legislature wrap-up

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted July 12, 2021

The 87th Texas Legislature was conducted under the most unique and difficult time for tenants in recent memory. With this…

Tags: Texas Legislature

Bedbugs, security deposits, and the vision to ensure Texas tenant protections

State issues•by •Posted May 21, 2021

The unfortunate reality for tenants in Texas is that they are afforded very few protections. In fact, more bills have…

Tags: lease protections, pests, security deposit, Texas Legislature

Housers advocacy agenda focuses on basic protections for renters

State issues•by •Posted March 19, 2021

Texas renters need rights.  With a dwindling supply of affordable housing, add a global pandemic that has sparked a financial…

Tags: Texas Legislature

Disaster survivors often faced double the financial toll when rebuilding their homes. A new law now ensures that won’t happen.

Harvey Recovery, Local issues, State issues•by Michael Depland•Posted May 14, 2019

Following a natural disaster, a survivor’s road back to normal can be long and difficult. If they are lucky enough…

Tags: CDBG, Disaster recovery, Texas Legislature

Late fees can destabilize renters struggling to get by. These punishing bills empowering landlords endanger them further.

Local issues, State issues•by •Posted April 17, 2019

Long-established Texas laws that have protected tenants for years from paying punitive and unreasonable late fees for overdue rent are…

Tags: landlords, Late Fees, Texas Legislature

If this small fix to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program pushed further, it could reshape affordable housing

Local issues, State issues•by Michael Depland•Posted March 26, 2019

Building affordable housing can be a long journey with approval needed from many groups and individuals along the way. Unfortunately,…

Tags: corruption, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Texas Legislature

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

Texas Housers tells state lawmakers that neighborhoods across the state must meet basic standards that keep Texans safe

State issues•by •Posted May 31, 2018

Texas Housers urged state lawmakers this afternoon to ensure that all neighborhoods where Texans make their homes meet the basic…

Tags: Affordable housing, intergovernmental relations, public hearing, Texas Legislature, Texas Senate

Hurricane predicted to hit the Gulf Coast; Texas may not be prepared to recover

Local issues, State issues•by •Posted August 24, 2017

The National Hurricane Center projects that Tropical Storm Harvey is now expected to be a major hurricane by the time…

Tags: Disaster recovery, Hurricane, RAPIDO, Texas Legislature

Austin City Council votes to sue state for prohibiting protections against voucher discrimination

Local issues•by •Posted August 17, 2017

Austin is finally fighting back against the state’s efforts to block a critical anti-discrimination protection. In 2014, the City of…

Tags: AFFH, Austin, Fair housing, source of income, Texas Legislature

Beyond the bathroom bill, transgender Texans face housing discrimination and instability in dangerous political climate

Uncategorized•by •Posted August 14, 2017

This piece was written for Texas Housers by Michael Arria. The Texas Legislature has spent much of this summer’s special…

Tags: Discrimination, Fair housing, LGBTQ, Texas Legislature

Proposed Texas constitutional amendment on home equity loans is “wolf in sheep’s clothing”

State issues•by •Posted August 7, 2017

Texas dodged the worst of the foreclosure crisis that tanked much of the national economy a decade ago, thanks in…

Tags: Foreclosure, Texas Legislature

Governor’s cut of colonia oversight program will cost state and endanger residents

State issues•by •Posted June 26, 2017

This piece originally ran as a column in The Monitor on June 25. For decades the State of Texas looked the…

Tags: Colonias, Rio Grande Valley, Texas Legislature

Finding the bright spots at the Legislature: Enhanced land and home protections for low income residents

State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted May 30, 2017

The regular session of the 2017 Texas Legislature ended on May 29, and most housing-related legislation failed to advance through…

Tags: homeownership, Mortgage, Texas Legislature

State bans another local affordable housing tool with anti-linkage fees legislation

Uncategorized•by •Posted May 24, 2017

Follow housing issues at the Texas Legislature and our full bill tracker here.  Texas’ major cities face a housing affordability crisis…

Tags: Affordable housing, City of Austin, Linkage fees, Texas Legislature

Where housing legislation stands after key Texas House bill deadlines

State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted May 17, 2017

Follow housing issues at the Texas Legislature and our full bill tracker here. We’ve reached a critical point in the state…

Tags: Texas Legislature

Legislators should be celebrating affordable housing, not fearmongering

State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted May 9, 2017

I testified at a hearing of the Texas House of Representatives Urban Affairs Committee on May 2, speaking against HB 1792 by Rep.…

Tags: Affordable housing, Fair housing, LIHTC, NIMBY, Texas Legislature

Update: Texas Senate approves expansion of innovative disaster recovery housing program

State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted May 8, 2017

Follow housing issues at the Texas Legislature and our full bill tracker here. Update 5/8: SB 1673 by Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. has passed…

Tags: Disaster recovery, RAPIDO, Texas Legislature

Texas House bills add hurdles to affordable housing in affluent neighborhoods

State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted May 3, 2017

We cover committee hearings and votes on key bills related to housing at the Texas Legislature, which concludes its 2017 session…

Tags: Fair housing, LIHTC, Tax credits, TDHCA, 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

Proposed legislation would protect LGBTQ+ Texans from housing discrimination

State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted April 18, 2017

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

Tags: Fair housing, LGBTQ, Texas Legislature

State legislators consider ban on city linkage fees for affordable housing

Uncategorized•by •Posted March 29, 2017

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

Tags: Affordable housing, City of Austin, Linkage fees, 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

Looking for a place to live without “bullets flying through the property”

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted February 22, 2017

A University of Texas law professor and community leaders recently spoke with tenants at an apartment complex in Sunnyside, a historically…

Tags: Fair housing, Fountain View, Houston, LIHTC, segregation, source of income, Sunnyside, Texas Legislature

Suit filed to overturn Texas prohibition on source of income protection for voucher holders

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted February 17, 2017

In Texas, there is a law formally protecting landlord discrimination against people with housing vouchers, most of whom are African-American. A lawsuit filed Thursday in…

Tags: Fair housing, Housing Discrimination, Inclusive Communities Project, Section 8, Texas Apartment Association, Texas Legislature

Houston area representative, pledging to ‘Stop Low-Income Government Housing,’ files bill

State issues, Uncategorized•by John Henneberger•Posted February 13, 2017

Elected on a pledge to “Stop Low-Income Government Housing” (see campaign ad above),  Real Estate Broker and State Representative Valoree…

Tags: Fair housing, Harris County, Houston, Low Income Housing Tax Credit, NIMBY, Texas Legislature, Valoree Swanson

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