Air conditioning feels like a must-have in brutally hot Texas. For renters, legally, it’s not — at least not everywhere in the state.

Dallas will receive $9.4 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to prevent young people from becoming homeless, and to reduce the time unhoused young people spend on the street when they do lose housing.

A growing coalition of business leaders, community groups, nonprofits and others is pushing for Dallas to spend big to curb its shortage of affordable housing.

The city has eight buckets of money to help people who don’t make a lot of money pay for needed home improvements, each with slightly different rules and eligibility.

House Bill 2127 has massive — though ill-defined — implications for local governments. But it's not clear when Texans might start seeing its impacts.

A tenant can’t withhold rent to force their landlord to fix a broken air conditioner or make a necessary repair, but they can take them to court to force a fix.

Eviction filings have surged in the wake of the pandemic, but those numbers only count formal cases filed in courts. It's not clear how many people are forced out when landlords shut off their air conditioning or harass them, tenants' rights advocates say.

A federal magistrate has recommended that Dallas be allowed to enforce a ban on standing or walking in roadway medians as a constitutional challenge is litigated.

Critics say the ‘Omnibase’ program — designed to spur people to pay off old tickets — often leaves poor Texans trapped in a cycle of debt.

Businesses, nonprofits and community groups are pushing for Dallas to dedicate $200 million in its 2024 capital bond program to build and refurbish affordable housing.

A near record share of American households pay more for housing than is considered financially healthy, including almost a quarter of Dallas-Fort Worth homeowners.

The National Low-Income Housing Coalition reports that low-income Texans face a housing market where truly affordable rent is largely out of reach.