has 25 rental homes. Houston came in at 19. Austin and Dallas tied with only 16 affordable and available rentals.
“I’m coming off of a divorce and I lost my job, my place and all that stuff and I was living on someone’s couch,” she said. A disproportionate number are these renters are Black, Latino, Native and Alaskan Native because of historical and ongoing systemic racism that prevents BIPOC from owning a home and gaining generational wealth.So why does Texas continue to fail at providing housing for the most vulnerable? Michael Depland, spokesperson for the advocacy group Texas Housers, said the problem is multifaceted.focuses on fair housing rights.
“There’s so many avenues to expand affordable housing and make things better,” he said. “We just have to have the political will to do so.”
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