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Texas Rent Relief Program Helping Texas Renters and Landlords, Prioritizing Applicants at Risk of Eviction
More than $75 million in relief successfully helping Texas renters thus far, launches new information dashboard to track program progress
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AUSTIN, Texas, May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) Texas Rent Relief program is helping renters get assistance with up to 15 months of rental assistance including back rent and up to three months of future rent, as well as utility assistance. As eviction moratoriums expire across the state, the Texas Rent Relief program is prioritizing applications for tenants whose landlords have filed for eviction in an effort to keep Texans in their homes.
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Drake Goodman and Patty Palmer lease a studio apartment to Carter Haynes. But Haynes has not paid rent since last May, when the shelter-in-place orders caused his fledging restaurant to go out of business. While sympathetic to Haynes’s plight, the loss of rental income has severely damaged Goodman and Palmer’s own finances, and they are growing increasingly desperate. Can they evict Hayes? Should they?
As more Americans get vaccinated and the infection rates continue to decline, there is increasing debate on whether the crisis has passed such that businesses can begin operating normally. One of the flashpoints is evictions for non-payment of rent. Last September, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) issued an
When we had the money to get caught up, my son passed away on January 10, 2021 unexpectedly,” Woody said. “19-years-old from a heart attack so, instead of being able to get caught up on our rent we had to make the decision to bury my son.
Ian Mattingly is President of the Apartment Association of Greater Dallas. He said the eviction moratoriums, which have lasted nearly 14 months, have affected landlords also. Many of our owners, particularly those that have small rental communities or single-family homes that they rent out to supplement their income, have been stretched beyond their capacity to bear this burden,” Mattingly said.
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Texas Supreme Court issued the following announcement on Apr. 28.
In an order posted Wednesday the Texas Supreme Court extended procedures for landlords and tenants to avoid evictions based on overdue rent.
The order, the Court’s 37th addressing coronavirus pandemic issues, amends legal requirements for landlords and tenants participating in the Texas Eviction Diversion Program. That voluntary program provides rental assistance. The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs determines eligibility and, under the program, evictions may be postponed.
If a landlord sues to recover property, the order renews requirements that the property owner and renter be notified that up to 15 months of the rent owed may be paid to stop the eviction. In an eviction trial in a justice court or in a new trial on appeal to a county court the judge is required to outline the eviction-diversion program and abate the eviction proceeding for 60 days if the landlord and tenant agree to