Housing

Some deeds include covenants that prohibit future owners from selling, renting or allowing the property to be used by people of certain races or ethnicities. The language was outlawed by the 1968 Fair Housing Act.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is moving to extend an order aimed at preventing evictions during the pandemic. Housing groups say the order could prevent up to 1 million evictions.

Renters can apply for up to 15 months of current, future or past rent as far back as April 2020.

From Texas Standard:Depending on the outcome of the presidential election, a bipartisan housing strategy for people experiencing homelessness could be…

Lee esta historia en español. Jarymar Arana grips a backpack outside an apartment complex in Pflugerville just after 8 a.m. on a recent Sunday. Arana…

Lee esta historia en español. Blake Taylor wants to be rid of the house she hardly leaves.Taylor lives with lupus, an autoimmune disease, and is terrified…

Lee esta historia en español. The City of Austin will begin accepting applications Wednesday for a second round of rent help for tenants affected by the…

The City of Austin and the local public housing authority received 10,738 applications for a slice of $1.2 million the city put aside to help people…

From Texas Standard:Texas has a statewide suspension on most eviction cases until April 30. Some Texas counties have gone beyond that, but Texas Tenant's…

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