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.
Evictions
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.
San Antonio landlords now obligated to inform tenants of rights
The City Council approved an ordinance Thursday requiring landlords and property managers to provide a document called a “notice of tenant’s rights” to tenants they want to evict.
Eviction court in Bexar County to resume later this month
Local officials hope renters and landlords can take advantage of housing relief to resolve disputes before they come to court.
San Antonio City Council narrowly rejects Treviño’s proposal to give renters 60 extra days to pay overdue rent
After a passionate debate Thursday, the City Council voted 6-5 to reject District 1 Councilman Roberto Treviño’s proposal to grant tenants an extra 60 days to resolve overdue rent during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Council to consider giving renters 60 extra days to resolve delinquent rent
This Thursday, the City Council is scheduled to consider an ordinance by District 1 Councilman Roberto Treviño that would give renters impacted by the novel coronavirus an extra 60 days to pay overdue rent. But it has its critics.