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 ...

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 / ...

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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 ...

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 new Texas law in 2026 aims to speed up the eviction process with shorter timelines, quicker eviction notices, and tightening appeal requirements. RFK Jr., CDC, in seismic shift, reduce number of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A tenant walks her puppies outside of an apartment where the tenants were evicted and the apartment emptied at the Life at Jackson ...