Texas’s new "Rocket Docket" laws aim to end the squatter nightmare, but some Houston property owners remain trapped in legal ...

AUSTIN, Texas — As we flip the calendar to January and 2026, several new laws will take effect across Texas. They have to do with everything from insurance, immigration, AI, taxes and more. One ...

A new Texas law in 2026 aims to speed up the eviction process with shorter timelines, quicker eviction notices, and ...

SB 38, sponsored by Sen. Paul Bettencourt and Rep. Angie Chen Button, was passed during the 89th Texas Legislative Session to ...

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 ...

Texas property owners are facing a crisis: a convoluted, costly eviction process that undermines their ability to reclaim homes from unlawful occupants. Although evictions are a last resort, delays in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 / ...

The Texas senate has passed an anti-squatter bill — but critics call it 'pro-eviction' legislation that will increase homelessness. Who do you think is right? A bill that cracks down on squatting in ...

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 ...