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Amid high rents, eviction filings in major Texas cities soar above pre-pandemic levels
Legal aid groups and housing advocates say there simply aren’t enough lawyers to keep up with the sheer volume of eviction filings.
By Joshua Fechter, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Texas News, Texas, affordable housing, housing crisis, evictions, National Center for State Courts’ Eviction Diversion Initiative, Eviction Lab, homelessness, pandemic-era renter protections, Texas renters, Access to Justice Commission, Child Poverty Action Lab
Saturday event will connect San Antonio residents with resources to help them stay in their homes
Attendees will be able to access rental and homeowner assistance funding and more.
By Sanford Nowlin
Tags: San Antonio News, Homeowner Assistance Fund, a program funded by the American Rescue Plan, rental assistance, tax assistance, property taxes, property tax valuations, San Antonio, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, Neighborhood Place, SNAP, vouchers, utility assistance, Affordable Connectivity Program, delinquent mortgages, HOA fees, condo fees, evictions, foreclosures, Homeowner and Rental Assistance Fair, Family Service Association’s The Neighborhood Place,
Some landlords got a piece of Texas’ $2 billion in rent relief money — and evicted their struggling tenants anyway
It’s unclear whether landlords face any penalties from state agencies for improperly evicting tenants while receiving rent relief dollars intended to help those tenants stay housed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags: Texas News, Texas, Texas Rent Relief program, evictions, pandemic relief, landlords, tenants, exas Apartment Association, Texas Housers, working people, rent relief, American Rescue Plan Act, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, National Housing Law Center, housing law, Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center, Texas Legislature
San Antonio is one of the least affordable U.S. cities for renters, new report finds
Tags: San Antonio News, San Antonio, rents, rentals, affordable housing, housing crisis, Emergency Housing Assistance Program, San Antonio Housing Authority, SAHA, eviction moratorium, Boise, Idaho, housing studies, housing data, Priced Out Property 2022, Online Mortgage Advisor, renters, rental assistance, housing costs, housing market, Texas, evictions, public housing
Texas eviction filings among the nation's highest as millions of rent relief dollars go unspent
Tags: Texas News, Evictions, Texas, Eviction Lab, Princeton University, Covid, covid-19, coronavirus, pandemic, Jefferson County, Beaumont, Port Arthur, Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation, Texas Apartment Association, Dallas, Fort Worth, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Houston, relief programs, Jefferson, Brazoria, Hays, El Paso, Nueces, Texas Housers
Despite federal moratorium, more Texas renters face eviction as state protection lapses
By Juan Pablo Garnham, The Texas Tribune
Tags: San Antonio News, COVID-19, Evictions, Texas, coronavirus, COVID-19, covid, pandemic, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Texas Supreme Court, Biden Administration, Rental assistance, Texas Rent Relief Program, Texas Eviction Diversion Program, Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, Texas Apartment Association, rents, renters, CDC, Centers for Disease Control
Texas extends rental assistance program designed to avoid evictions until March 15
By Kate McGee, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Texas, evictions, Texas Supreme Court, federal moratorium, eviction relief, covid-19, pandemic, coronavirus, CARES Act, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Eviction Diversion Program, Tenants, renters, Texas Eviction Diversion Program, Texas Housers, emergency relief, rental assistance, March 15
Texas tenants are still struggling to stop evictions a month after federal moratorium was announced
Tags: Evictions, Texas, moratorium, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Texas Supreme Court, Texas Justice Court Training Center, pandemic, covid-19, covid 19, coronavirus, corona virus, rent, mortgages, recession, CDC, tenants, landlords, courts
San Antonio earmarks $21.9M for housing relief, but Councilman Treviño says city not doing enough
By Ben Olivo, The San Antonio Heron
Tags: San Antonio, housing assistance, rental assistance, mortgage assistance, city council, District 1, Roberto Treviño, downtown, Community Development Block Grants, COVID-19 relief funds, Edward Gonzales, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, Culture and Neighborhood Services Committee, evictions, pandemic, COVID-19, covid 19, coronavirus, corona virus, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
How One San Antonio Courtroom Handles Tenant-Landlord Disputes During the Pandemic
By James Dobbins
Tags: San Antonio, Texas, evictions, tenants, landlords, tenant-landlord disputs, City of San Antonio, COSA, court, pandemic, financial crisis, Judge Rogelio Lopez, Precinct 4, Justice of the Peace, Zoom, virtual court, virtual proceedings, evictions, Kenny Wilson, Haven for Hope, back rent, backlog, case backlog, pandemic, COVID-19, coronavirus, eviction court
Ted Cruz Gets Shitty on Twitter Again, Mocks the Idea of Paying Families During the Pandemic
Tags: Ted Cruz, Twitter, Ed Markey, Senate, tweets, $2, 000 a month, million dollars a month, soy lattes, foot massage, hunger, evictions, economy, bailout package, pandemic, covid-19, covid 19, coronavirus, corona virus
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Says Local Governments Can't Stop or Delay Evictions
Tags: Steve Adler, Ken Paxton, texas, evictions, renters, landlords, COVID-19, covid 19, pandemic, coronavirus, corona virus, CARES Act, Texas Apartment Association, Sandy Rollins, Texas Tenants Union, Brandon Creighton, Austin Conroe, Texas, moratorium
Eviction Tidal Wave in San Antonio Feared After Federal Protections Ended Friday
By Carson Bolding, The San Antonio Heron
Tags: Evictions, San Antonio, Rents, Mortgages, CARES Act, coronavirus, corona virus, pandemic, COVID-19, COVID 19, Emergency Housing Assistance Program, housing assistance, Hébert Fajardo, St. Mary University’s Law School, Center for Legal and Social Justice, Kimberly Arispe, Family Service, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, University of Texas School of Law
Undocumented Immigrants Behind on Their Rent Are Self-Evicting Across Texas
By Meena Venkataramanan and Juan Pablo Garnham, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Evictions, tenants rights, undocumented, Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, IRS, Lizbeth Parra-Davila, University of Texas School of Law, housing, homelessness, ICE, Houston, Harris County, immigration, pandemic, coronavirus, corona virus, COVID-19, COVID 19
Nearly $30M Helping San Antonians Stay Housed During COVID-19, New Online Dashboard Shows
Tags: District 1, Councilman, Roberto Treviño, Roberto Trevino, San Antonio, downtown, housing assistance, St. Mary's University, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, Family Independence Initiative, Edith Merka, pandemic, coronavirus, corona virus, COVID-19, COVID 19, dashboards, rent, evictions, landlords, assistance, Guadalupe Community Center, NHSD
Should SAHA Do More to Address Food Insecurity During COVID-19?
By Benjamin Gonzalez and Michelle Del Rey, The San Antonio Heron
Tags: Alazán-Apache Courts, San Antonio, San Antonio Housing Authority, SAHA, Victoria Courts, San Antonio Food Bank, Project Hope, Commodity Supplemental Food Program, Kids Cafe, evictions, public housing, Lewis Chatham, Senior Nutrition program, Food Policy Council, People’s Nite Market, Cassiano Homes, Department of Agriculture, coronavirus, corona virus, covid-19, covid 19, pandemic, outbreak
Eviction Court in Bexar County to Resume on Monday
Tags: Evictions, San Antonio, Bexar County, help, relief programs, assistance, Rogelio Lopez, CARES Act, Guadalupe Community Center, St. Mary's University, Lori Houston
As Texas Businesses Reopen, a Short-Lived Coronavirus Safety Net is Dismantled
By Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Food banks, evictions, Texas Supreme Court, Vance Ginn, Texas Public Policy Foundation, Dallas, Austin, Nathan Hecht, safety need, food insecurity, rent, pandemic, coronavirus, corona virus, covid 19, covid-19, Center for Public Policy Priorities, SNAP, food stamps, debt collection, childcare subsidies, Greg Abbott, Kirk Watson, Texas Senate, University of Houston, Hobby School of Public Affairs
Coronavirus Throws Texas Supreme Court Justices Into the Spotlight — and Into Democrats' Crosshairs
Tags: Texas Supreme Court, Republicans, Democrats, elections, pandemic, coronavirus, corona virus, covid-19, covid 19, bail, evictions, debt collections, vote-by-mail, absentee voting, mail in ballots, Dallas salon owner, Shelley Luther, CARES Act, Attorney General, Ken Paxton, Gisela Triana, Manny Garcia
San Antonio Apartment Complex Locks Out 50 Residents Despite Eviction Moratorium
Tags: Evictions, locked out, apartments, Florida, MacTex Properties, Olmos Club Apartments, Nelson Wolff, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Supreme Court, Olmos Park, Pandemic, coronavirus, rent, overdue rent, corona virus, covid-19, covid 19, outbreak
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