/tags/rent rent en-US Copyright Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:31:00 GMT /news/2025-03-19/dallas-affordable-housing-rental-shortage-low-income The National Low Income Housing Coalition says the Dallas area has less affordable housing for low-income renters than most U.S. cities. Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:31:00 GMT /news/2025-03-19/dallas-affordable-housing-rental-shortage-low-income Pablo Arauz Peña /news/2025-01-27/junk-fees-add-5-to-denton-renters-bills-new-unt-student-research-shows The students in the UNT Mayborn School of Journalism teamed up with the Dallas-based Child Poverty Action Lab in a project that studied 144 Denton rental communities and found that 65% of local landlords don’t disclose all of the fees they charge on their websites, or in telephone calls. Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:30:30 GMT /news/2025-01-27/junk-fees-add-5-to-denton-renters-bills-new-unt-student-research-shows Lucinda Breeding-Gonzales | Denton Record-Chronicle /texas-news/2025-01-23/north-texas-edges-out-austin-for-highest-rents-in-the-state According to data from Zillow, average rents in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro now outpace those in Austin for the first time since at least 2015. Thu, 23 Jan 2025 19:57:58 GMT /texas-news/2025-01-23/north-texas-edges-out-austin-for-highest-rents-in-the-state Audrey McGlinchy /news/2024-12-12/renters-pay-for-nearly-doubled-property-taxes-and-insurance-too Dallas County's property costs are passed on. Rent — and renters' insurance — had gone up. Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:54:38 GMT /news/2024-12-12/renters-pay-for-nearly-doubled-property-taxes-and-insurance-too Marina Trahan Martinez /business-economy/2024-09-24/invitation-homes-dallas-deceiving-renters-settlement-ftc The settlement money will be returned to renters harmed by unlawful behavior if approved by a federal judge, the Federal Trade Commission announced Tuesday. Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:08:39 GMT /business-economy/2024-09-24/invitation-homes-dallas-deceiving-renters-settlement-ftc Megan Cardona /news/2024-08-23/justice-department-accuses-realpage-of-a-scheme-to-help-landlords-hike-rents-in-antitrust-lawsuit The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit Friday against real estate software company RealPage Inc., accusing it of an illegal scheme that allows landlords to coordinate to hike rental prices. Fri, 23 Aug 2024 22:05:21 GMT /news/2024-08-23/justice-department-accuses-realpage-of-a-scheme-to-help-landlords-hike-rents-in-antitrust-lawsuit Associated Press /texas-news/2024-04-15/report-junk-fees-add-a-hidden-burden-to-texas-tenants-already-struggling-with-high-rents The report details charges Texas tenants face on top of rent that are often hidden, duplicative, or exceed the actual cost of services, driving up housing costs. Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:00:00 GMT /texas-news/2024-04-15/report-junk-fees-add-a-hidden-burden-to-texas-tenants-already-struggling-with-high-rents Christopher Connelly /texas-news/2024-03-18/texas-dallas-houston-austin-affordable-rental-housing-shortage-for-low-income-poor-renters A new report finds a massive shortage in Texas of rental homes affordable to extremely low-income renter households — one of the worst in the nation.. Mon, 18 Mar 2024 10:00:00 GMT /texas-news/2024-03-18/texas-dallas-houston-austin-affordable-rental-housing-shortage-for-low-income-poor-renters Christopher Connelly /government/2023-03-14/need-rental-assistance-texas-rent-relief-is-taking-applications-for-two-weeks The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs will take applications for rental assistance until noon on March 16, almost two weeks earlier than planned. Wed, 15 Mar 2023 21:00:52 GMT /government/2023-03-14/need-rental-assistance-texas-rent-relief-is-taking-applications-for-two-weeks Christopher Connelly /news/2022-11-22/cities-in-texas-had-rent-control-at-one-point-in-history-why-dont-they-now To answer that question, we need to go back to World War II and the era of federal rent control. Tue, 22 Nov 2022 14:12:49 GMT /news/2022-11-22/cities-in-texas-had-rent-control-at-one-point-in-history-why-dont-they-now Audrey McGlinchy