The city of San Antonio is preparing to revive a program that has helped thousands of San Antonians pay their rent or mortgage, utility bills and other living expenses.
Evictions
Eviction filings in Bexar County have yet to spike one month after moratorium ending
The feared spike in eviction filings due to the end of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moratorium has yet to take shape, at least in Bexar County, local records show. Some say it’s too early to tell whether filings will skyrocket.
Texas extends rental assistance program designed to avoid evictions until March 15
The move comes after Congress passed a stimulus bill Monday extending the federal moratorium on evictions through the end of January. The moratorium order was set to expire at the end of the year.
San Antonio’s housing aid program surpasses 20K families served
San Antonio’s housing assistance program has doled out an average of $2,808 in aid per household, of which more than 85% are renters.
Texas will spend $171 million in federal coronavirus relief funds to help renters avoid evictions
The new program will provide rental assistance and legal aid for tenants who are behind on rent. Details on how Texans could apply or qualify weren’t immediately released.
City Council adds $24M to housing relief, but lessens benefits per San Antonio household
In a new strategy, the city will direct housing benefits recipients to its job training program, which pays up to $450 a week while enrolled.
San Antonio earmarks $21.9M for housing relief, but Councilman Treviño says city’s not doing enough
The city recommends pay-outs for emergency housing assistance be scaled back, while directing people toward job training.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says local governments can’t stop or delay evictions
The nonbinding opinion comes as housing experts and advocates fear that the COVID-19 recession will prompt a surge in evictions across the state.
Eviction tidal wave in San Antonio feared as federal protections end today
In San Antonio, 125,996 apartment units are expected to be subject to an eviction again after federal protects end on Saturday.
For some renters, housing assistance from city taking more than a month to receive
Unless the eviction moratoriums are extended, housing advocates fear a tidal wave of evictions will crash over San Antonio.