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Texans behind on their rent are at increasing risk of losing their homes despite a federal moratorium on evictions, according to housing attorneys, because a Texas Supreme Court order aimed at forestalling evictions has expired. The nationwide order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention halting evictions through June 30 — originally issued under the Trump administration — has been an important bulwark against a housing crisis as people lost jobs and income during the pandemic, housing advocates say. But an emergency order issued by the Texas Supreme Court that instructed jud...

The Texas state supreme court has allowed an emergency order to expire. Housing groups warn that could result in thousands of people losing their homes to eviction. Tenants' rights advocates, like those pictured here in Boston, have pushed for stronger protections for renters during the pandemic. Image: Michael Dwyer/AP The Texas state court system is signaling that it will no longer enforce a federal order aimed at stopping evictions during the coronavirus pandemic. That could clear the way for landlords to push ahead with tens of thousands of eviction cases that have been on hold. The timin...

Texas courts to allow pre-pandemic evictions to resume Print this article The Texas state court system is allowing evictions to resume as the state winds down a series of directives it put in place last year at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. The Texas Supreme Court at the end of March did not extend an order that placed an indefinite moratorium on evictions. The court noted on its website that, although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has extended its moratorium through the end of June, the state has no plans to do the same. The CDC order has been extended three ti...

Despite federal moratorium, more Texas renters face eviction as state protection lapses Juan Pablo Garnham, Texas Tribune April 4, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Protesters place furniture and rally outside the Dallas office of Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, “to show him the reality of the eviction crisis” in this Sept. 1 file photo. Although the Center for Disease Control renewed its order halting evictions until the end of June, the Texas Supreme Court let state guidelines expire March 31. (Juan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News/TNS)Juan Figueroa /Staff Photographer /TNS Texans behind on their r...

Despite federal moratorium,  increasing number of Texas renters face eviction as state protection expires Texans behind on their rent are at increasing risk of losing their homes despite a federal moratorium on evictions, according to housing attorneys, because a Texas Supreme Court order aimed at forestalling evictions has expired. The nationwide order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention halting evictions through June 30 — originally issued under the Trump administration — has been an important bulwark against a housing crisis as people lost jobs and inco...