Rent

The financial cards are stacked against many renters who survive hurricanes, floods, wildfires and other major weather disasters. The long-term effects can be devastating.

The report details charges Texas tenants face on top of rent that are often hidden, duplicative, or exceed the actual cost of services, driving up housing costs.

The Democratic plan aims to help renters by giving them a cash rebate of up to 10% on rent paid in the last tax year.

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs will take applications for rental assistance until March 28.

More than 300 public, private, and nonprofit sector leaders gathered in San Antonio on Tuesday to learn about the complex challenges facing service members and veterans — and brainstorm solutions.

One critic thinks the state’s surplus should instead be focused on things like raising teacher pay, increasing funding in Texas’ foster care system, and expanding social programs.

For some local relief programs, a lack of staffing, political support and effective community outreach got in the way of spending federal funds to prevent evictions, a new report found. More than $30 million went unspent and had to be returned.

To answer that question, we need to go back to World War II and the era of federal rent control.

The Texas Rent Relief Program will shut down its application portal at 5 p.m. on Friday. Some local governments still have money for rent help, but those funds may soon run out, as well.

The statewide program doled out more than $1.2 billion to 212,344 households.