As if navigating the application process for Section 8 housing wasn’t difficult enough, now there are those hoping to keep such tenants out of decent homes. The Department of Housing and Urban ...
Outlined as a way to curb squatters and solve the issue of people illegally occupying properties, House Bill 32 was introduced into the Texas Legislature in February by Rep. Angie Chen Button ...
A writ of possession and a notice to vacate are taped to the door at an apartment complex in Houston in 2023. House Bill 32 would speed up the states eviction process, if passed. (Annie Mulligan For ...
Lenita Dunlap (left), vice president of operations at Dallas-based Abide Women's Health Services, speaks with Mark Melton, lawyer and housing advocate with the Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center, about ...
AUSTIN, Texas — There is a bill being discussed in the Texas legislature this session that would make it much easier for landlords to evict tenants, possibly without even a trial. Mark Melton, an ...
Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks to the press at the Texas State Capitol, May 14, 2025. Sara Diggins/American-Statesman USA TODAY NETWORK It’s a nightmare scenario for homeowners — discovering that ...
The property management company, FirstService Residential Texas, “discriminated because of race, color, sex, national origin, familial status, and disability in violation of the Fair Housing Act (“Act ...