This summer, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed two bills that could streamline the process of removing unwanted individuals from a person's home, also known as squatters. Data on the scope of squatting is ...

Texas lawmakers want to prevent squatters from violating tenant rights and landlords' properties. The Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 38, and it's now in the House. Meanwhile, the House introduced its ...

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. The chamber jettisoned a provision tenants’ advocates warned would ...

Three weeks after Molly Cook was sworn in as a freshman state senator in February, the Houston Democrat was approached by a group of lobbyists with the Texas Apartment Association. “They asked me if I ...

State Rep. Daniel Alders (R-Tyler) said Senate Bill 38 will streamline the eviction process for Texas landlords while maintaining legal protections for tenants. Meanwhile State Rep. Christian Manuel ...

Odette Edwards (center) speaks outside the Bryan Song Apartments in January 2019 in Dallas. All of the residents received an eviction notice to be out of their apartments by Feb. 10. Ryan Michalesko / ...

AUSTIN, Texas — On Wednesday, the Texas House of Representatives officially passed a bill that would make it easier for property owners and landlords to evict squatters. Senate Bill 38, authored by ...

A tenant walks her puppies outside of an apartment where the tenants were evicted and the apartment emptied at the Life at Jackson Square apartments in Houston on April 11, 2023. Credit: Annie ...