Posted on · On Tuesday's show: Rep. Garcia discusses her new bill requiring employers to offer paid rest breaks for construction workers, and she answers your questions about other issues facing Greater Houston.
Posted on · Here's why candidates say they're running to serve as the judges who preside over evictions, truancy cases and small civil disputes.
Posted on · With the increase in eviction filings comes crowded courtrooms, despite the risk of COVID-19 spreading.
Posted on · Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht talks to Houston Public Media about his recent New York Times op-ed praising Texas' eviction protections, and his goal for courts going back to normal.
Posted on · A family in Houston and a plumber in Maryland couldn't afford rent, which pushed them into crowded living quarters. During the COVID-19 pandemic, that common predicament has increased viral spread.
Posted on · The federal eviction moratorium is set to expire at the end of July. Houstonians won't have a state or local moratorium in place to pause their eviction either -- unlike renters in New York, Los Angeles, and Austin.
Posted on · Renters facing eviction could lose two key pandemic safety net measures this month.
Posted on · The judge opted against issuing an injunction that would block the federal ban on evictions, instead signaling that he expected the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to withdraw its moratorium.
Posted on · More than 13,000 evictions have been filed since a CDC moratorium was issued, and more than 24,000 evictions have been filed in the Houston area since the start of the pandemic.
Posted on · It's the first time the city has passed an eviction protection policy for renters during the pandemic.
Posted on · Next week, Houston City Council is set to consider an eviction "grace period" ordinance that would expire at the end of March.
Posted on · Houston landlords haven't been filing fewer eviction cases since the moratorium went into effect, either.
Posted on · Just $14 million of the county's allocated $40 million has been paid out through the BakerRipley rent relief program. Meanwhile, hundreds of county residents face eviction each week.
Posted on · The CDC moratorium isn’t protecting everybody in Harris County, where courts have heard more than 2,800 eviction cases since the order took effect last month.
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: Why some people are losing their homes without being evicted, Congressional candidate Sri Preston Kulkarni answers questions, food writers dish on the sweetest treats in town, and addressing maternal mortality in Harris County.