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Donate to Texas Housers Thank you for choosing to support Texas Housers! Our work toward housing justice cannot happen without you; we achieve this together. We at Texas Housers remain uncompromising in our mission to work beside low-income households and communities of color who have been denied the basic right to a safe, sanitary, and […]
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The Gap 2026 shows Texas' severe shortage of affordable housing must be addressed - Texas Housers
The Gap 2026 shows Texas' severe shortage of affordable housing must be addressed - Texas Housers
The cost of housing is perhaps the most common affordability issue facing low-income households in the United States today. There are 11 million rental households in the U.S. that qualify as extremely low-income; this amounts to a quarter of all renters in the country. And as the latest annual report from the National Low Income […]
A Little Louder Episode 80: What's Happening With Texas' Continuums Of Care? - Texas Housers
A Little Louder Episode 80: What's Happening With Texas' Continuums Of Care? - Texas Housers
HUD’s Continuum of Care program provide critical support systems for those who are either experiencing or nearing homelessness. These CoCs are ecosystems which encompass the staffs and safety nets that provide homeless services within a given region. These essential lifelines have been in jeopardy in the past few months due to funding reprioritization from the […]
A Little Louder Episode 79: 7 questions for low-income housing that need answers in 2026
A Little Louder Episode 79: 7 questions for low-income housing that need answers in 2026
In 2026, much of the ground work will be laid for our next state legislative session next year. The next few months are a critical period where advocates for low-income housing must organize, gather ideas, and meet with policy leaders to assess the biggest issues facing our most vulnerable populations. Texas Housers’ research director Ben […]
What we found when we compared high evicting properties in Harris and Bexar Counties
What we found when we compared high evicting properties in Harris and Bexar Counties
Evictions remain a defining feature of the affordable housing problem in Texas. Every year, Texas Housers tracks tens of thousands of households in Bexar and Harris counties who are pulled into an eviction process that is fast, destabilizing, and deeply harmful. Now we are taking this research one step further and looking into what we […]
A Little Louder Episode 78: In depth with our new Executive Director, Quiana Fisher
A Little Louder Episode 78: In depth with our new Executive Director, Quiana Fisher
Texas Housers has a new leader in Quiana Fisher, and on our latest episode of A Little Louder, we sat down with her to go into detail on why she chose this work, what she identifies as our biggest challenges in fighting for low-income households, and what is inspiring her to see that we have […]
7 Questions: An aspirational look forward at Texas’ 90th Legislature
7 Questions: An aspirational look forward at Texas’ 90th Legislature
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San Antonio Guide to Renting
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Tenant Screening in Texas: Barriers, Bias, and the Case for Reform - Texas Housers
Tenant Screening in Texas: Barriers, Bias, and the Case for Reform - Texas Housers
When someone applies to rent an apartment or house, landlords typically review their background before deciding whether to approve the application. Tenant screening often includes credit checks, eviction histories, criminal background checks, and (more recently) algorithmic scores or recommendations from private companies. While intended to help landlords assess risk, tenant screening has become a major […]
Facing Eviction in Houston? Free Legal Help
Facing Eviction in Houston? Free Legal Help
This week, every eviction docket in Harris County will be staffed with legal services attorneys. The Eviction Defense Coalition includes Lone Star Legal Aid, Houston Volunteer Lawyers, South Texas College of Law Houston, Thurgood Marshall School of Law’s Earl Car Institute, and the University of Houston Law Center. The Coalition’s mission is to provide an
2025 Hurricane Handout (PDF) - Protect yourself and your communities this hurricane season
2025 Hurricane Handout (PDF) - Protect yourself and your communities this hurricane season
