Texas desperately needs more and denser housing to keep up with the demand. But zoning restrictions get in the way, a Texas Tribune analysis found.

A new breed of activists wants Texas to tame costs by building more housing. But longstanding opposition to such policies remains strong.

As cities, including San Antonio, continue to battle extreme heat exacerbations, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a strategy to curb heat’s effect on the housing system and offer clear guidance on active heat mitigation efforts.

San Antonio City Council approved the master planning process for a senior center on the East Side last Thursday.

While VIA Metropolitan Transit continues to plug away on its Advanced Rapid Transit plan, the city of San Antonio is aiming to strategically align with those plans by buying up vacant lots along the proposed north-south route.

Staggering rates of new deliveries hammering occupancy and rental prices in San Antonio’s apartment market are likely to persist through 2025.

The Texas Tribune is writing about the state’s housing affordability crisis. Help us tell the story.

California has reached a settlement with the city of Elk Grove over an affordable housing project.

Texas needs hundreds of thousands more homes than it has, per one estimate. That shortage has driven up home prices and rents.

Community leaders broke ground Monday on an affordable housing project near downtown San Antonio.

Some Texas lawmakers have signaled an appetite to tackle the state’s housing affordability crisis when they convene next year.

The City of San Antonio partnered with the Fair Housing Council of South Texas to offer Renter’s Rights Information Sessions.

If you’re a renter plagued by recurring problems with your home’s air conditioning, mold, or pests, you can attend a free Renters’ Rights Info Session this Saturday.

The water utility said this comes after thousands of dollars in unpaid bills.

Over half of Americans share their roofs with multiple generations, and the majority are rooming with family members to combat rising expenses, according to a new study by Lombardo Homes.

A new housing report from Harvard University found that would-be homebuyers need to make more money than ever if they want to buy a home in Texas’ urban areas.

The City anticipates receiving approximately $23 million in total grant funding in FY 2025 through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

A group of organization leaders and locals have called for the reinstatement of Ed Hinojosa Jr., the now-former president and CEO of Opportunity Home.

The board’s decision came on Wednesday and cited “a need for fresh leadership to propel the organization into a new direction.”

We often receive this complaint in the newsroom: renters are fed up with ongoing property problems.

The Democrats’ recently approved platform includes calls to loosen zoning rules, which housing experts believe contribute to high housing costs.

Housing advocates say Texas laws fall short when it comes to property trespassers but they warn changes could worsen the state’s evictions crisis.

One nonprofit said it is most concerned with the amount of affordable housing citywide.

The funding is expected to help Opportunity Home achieve a net-zero energy status across its properties.

City leaders and advocates hope reducing the size of lots used to build homes will increase housing supply.

The new fines underscore the challenges college students face when looking for affordable housing — and how cities struggle to provide it.

The portal is a part of the City’s Strategic Housing Implementation Plan.

The 56-unit Vista at Reed complex is expected to be completed by spring 2025.

The Housing Services Portal was launched by the City of San Antonio Neighborhood and Housing Services Department and the San Antonio Community Resource Directory (SACRD).

Right now, inflation and housing prices are a struggle across the nation for people of all economic levels. In San Antonio, those two issues are combining with the end of the COVID-era eviction moratorium, collectively causing a housing crisis. Solutionaries looks at the big picture, laying out current solutions and needs that still have to be met.

The program would give roughly 1,900 households payments of $500 for 18 months with no strings attached. Paxton called it “plainly unconstitutional.”

Republican lawmakers may try to force Texas cities to allow greater housing density as the state faces a housing crunch.

Most cities require homes and businesses to have parking. Critics say they drive up housing costs, foster car dependency and raise carbon emissions.

So-called institutional homebuyers noticeably ramped up home purchases during the COVID-19 pandemic. But housing experts point out investors have retreated amid high interest rates.

SAMMinistries’ 200-unit permanent supportive housing gets $3.9M in Bexar County ARPA funds.

A housing project to support women and their children is closer to becoming a reality.

The Huntington City Council has flip flopped twice on a mobile home ordinance since 2020.

Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett introduced House Bill 7412 to fix administrative issues that have created hurdles for some in rural communities.

Brandee Perez, the chief operating officer of Opportunity Home San Antonio, discussed the organization’s efforts to provide affordable housing in the area Sunday on Leading SA.

Sessions will run from February to May, and homeowners can apply for exemptions and learn about how to protest the appraised value of their home.

William Curtis, chairman of the San Antonio Board of Realtors, joined Leading SA to discuss the current state of the local housing market.

Legal aid groups and housing advocates say there simply aren’t enough lawyers to keep up with the sheer volume of eviction filings.

After weeks without a working elevator, the spirits of the elderly and disabled residents of an Opportunity Home San Antonio apartment have been lifted.

More than half of the state’s 4.2 million renters spend at least 30% of their income on rent and utilities, according to a Harvard University report.

New laws on property taxes and homeowners associations now in effect across Texas could also have some market impact.

Homelessness rose last year across nearly every demographic group, but strides were made to connect people with new housing.

Both the state and the city of Houston say they want to work together to help pay down the remaining funds.

San Antonio recently landed a spot on a list of cities praised for their public health policies aimed at assisting marginalized communities, according to data from CityHealth.

Maria Crispin’s home is among a record 60 houses built in 2023

City officials hope that allowing up to three units per lot will increase supply and slow the explosive increase in housing costs. The measure was approved by Austin City Council in a 9-2 vote late Thursday night.

A new Harvard University study found an increase in the number of Texas households headed by people 65 or older spending more than 30% of their income on housing. Advocates say keeping older adults housed will require substantial public investment and reforms.

More and more families are taking advantage of the financial and educational opportunities of the South Side.

The residents at Riverside Terrace on Mission Road are poised to become the third resident-owned community in Texas. Instead of a landlord, a co-op of residents will own and maintain the mobile home park.

In cities dominated by single-family neighborhoods, local leaders across Texas want a broader variety of housing to combat the affordability crisis.

Using robotic 3D printers that can build the concrete walls of a house, a pair of Texas startups say the technology could help alleviate two crises: the housing shortage and climate change.

GOP leaders claim the development markets to undocumented people and is plagued by crime. One of its owners refutes the allegations and says he’s ready to show lawmakers that Colony Ridge isn’t different than any other rural Texas community.

The city’s decades-long battle to overhaul local rules to allow more, denser housing to be built may be reaching a turning point.

Housing costs have soared in the Texas city in recent years, while the state cuts back on funding.

Legislation passed this month would raise the state’s homestead exemption to $100,000, lower schools’ tax rates and put an appraisal cap on residential and commercial properties, among other measures. But voters must approve a constitutional amendment first.

House Democrats attempted to insert benefits for renters and more money for public education into the tax-cuts package in a series of floor amendments but were unsuccessful.

The deal would channel $12 billion to reduce the school property tax rate for homeowners and business properties, increase the homestead exemption, and create a pilot program to reduce taxes on certain residential and commercial properties. The legislation is expected to pass later this week.

State lawmakers passed the law after a North Texas homeowners’ association barred landlords from renting to Section 8 tenants. Most of the affected tenants in that neighborhood were Black.

Texas’ top Republicans are fighting over how to split property tax cuts between businesses and homeowners. Democrats want renters to see relief, too.

Phelan announced the formation of a House committee that could set the tone in favor of vouchers ahead of an expected special session on education. The move comes weeks after Abbott sided with Phelan on a plan to lower property taxes.

Houston has seen eviction rates soar since pandemic protections for renters lapsed. At one apartment complex, ejecting people from their homes is a ritual part of the business model.

After negotiations that became tense and public, the House and Senate fell short of delivering on one of the biggest legislative priorities for Republicans in the regular legislative session.

Democrats played a major role in killing legislation aimed at boosting Texas’ flagging housing supply — to the frustration of housing advocates.

Texas’s big cities, outside of Austin, are faring better than most across the country,

In San Antonio, buying a home right now would cost, on average, about 5% more than renting — not a huge difference.

House lawmakers added a significant boost to the Senate’s proposed homestead exemption and tacked on a contentious idea to lower the state’s appraisal cap.

As part of the second round of proposals to use bond and federal dollars, city staff on Wednesday recommended helping fund a plan to purchase a South Side mobile home park and convert it into a co-op.

Both the House and the Senate’s proposals on property tax cuts would give modest savings to the typical Texas homeowner, but critics say the House plan could create vast inequities and disproportionately benefit wealthy homeowners.

The CROWN Act would ensure protection for Texans who wear their hair in natural styles such as braids, locs, twists or knots.

An ambitious 1,900-acre community in New Braunfels will begin delivering lots to homebuilders later this year, with hundreds of new homes on the horizon.

Embrey is upping the stakes on its built-to-rent gamble, announcing its third single-family rental community in Boerne — before the other two have even wrapped up construction.

If Lennar discovers an appetite for small-footprint housing in San Antonio, it could be a key piece of the affordable housing puzzle in the city.

The City of San Antonio is launching a website to help people find affordable housing options as the price of rent increases in the city and throughout Texas.

The Senate wants to raise the homestead exemption. The House wants to tighten the appraisal cap. Both chambers’ leaders are skeptical of each other’s proposal.

Housing advocates, builders and real estate experts agree that the state simply isn’t building enough homes to keep up with its booming population and economic growth.

Cuts to school property tax bills. Bigger tax benefits for homeowners. A controversial idea to limit property tax growth. Here’s what you need to know about the brewing property tax debate at the Texas Legislature.

Lawmakers will decide whether to keep protections that shielded tenants from eviction — or to ban them.

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan’s proposal reveals the different roads the Texas House and Senate want to take on property taxes — and the fight that might emerge between the two chambers this session.

San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker face little opposition in their reelection bids. Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson doesn’t have any challengers.

Houston’s community land trust was once touted as an innovative way to address its housing crisis. But city leaders slashed its funding by half as bureaucracy bogged down the program and enthusiasm dwindled.

The multifamily project is one of the rare, fully-affordable apartment buildings that will be on offer in the downtown area.

Republicans are wrestling over how much of the state’s nearly $33 billion budget surplus to spend on property taxes. Democrats have their own ideas about what to do with the cash.

Safe to say, a lot of people really buckled down when it came to cleaning over the past couple years, given the COVID-19 pandemic.

San Antonio’s growth in sales volume is expected to far outpace the national rate of change.

Cities and nonprofits are using a variety of strategies to keep unhoused people warm. But some organizations warn they’re already at capacity as El Paso sends migrants across the state.

Watson, a former state senator who was Austin’s mayor from 1997 to 2001, pitched himself as a back-to-basics candidate who could ease the city’s growing affordability crisis.

San Antonio’s growth in sales volume is expected to far outpace the national rate of change.

Born of segregation and redlining, the near West Side has long been mostly Latino, mostly low-income. Redevelopment pressures are closing in, and neighbors are working to keep it affordable for some of the city’s poorest residents.

For some local relief programs, a lack of staffing, political support and effective community outreach got in the way of spending federal funds to prevent evictions, a new report found. More than $30 million went unspent and had to be returned.

The capital city’s mayoral race is something of a test case in how the state’s rising housing costs might influence local races in major cities.

Under Texas law, homeowners can claim a homestead exemption only on their primary residence. The GOP Senate candidate registered to vote in Georgia last year.

More than a third of homes for sale in the San Antonio area are being discounted, according to new data from Zillow.

Landlords, tenants and San Antonio city officials met at this year’s Landlord Summit to find solutions for affordable housing in the Alamo City.

Amid rising housing costs and relentless inflation, an increasing number of Texans are struggling to pay their rent and stay in their homes.

According to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, San Antonio's median family income has reached $83,500, a 13% spike over last year’s median of $74,100

Affordable housing continues to be a struggle as rent prices rise and mortgage interest rates by about 6%.