For one North Texas family, the February winter storm came after a year of pandemic-related struggles and launched them into months of new challenges.

Over the next two years, local governments and agencies plan to spend about $70 million to house more than 2,600 individuals and families.

The storm’s effects are still lingering for many in the state. That's especially true for low-income Texans.

Even with an improving economy and billions of dollars in federal aid, a lot of people are still at risk of losing their homes. This North Texas nonprofit is one of many trying to help people avoid eviction or foreclosure.

A Fort Worth apartment complex owner violated the rules of the state’s rental assistance program by taking funds after evicting the tenant the money was meant to help, according to the department that runs the program.The landlord said the company will return the funds.That doesn’t help the tenant, Mona Ogas.

Congress has approved nearly $47 billion to help keep struggling renters in their homes and make landlords whole. Those funds are available now to help Texas renters, but applying can be confusing. Here's what you need to know to navigate the process.

When it launched in February, the Texas Rent Relief program struggled to help tenants who'd fallen behind on rent due to the pandemic. In the first six weeks, 72,000 Texans applied and just 250 got help. Mona Ogas was one of the people who fell through the cracks.

Dallas’ in-home COVID-19 vaccine program started Monday. The program is for Dallas residents enrolled in the Visiting Nurse Association of Dallas' Meals on Wheels program.

For people experiencing homelessness, accessing the third round of COVID-19 relief money requires resources often not available to them. Some North Texas organizations are helping people get online or get a mailing address so they can get paid.

In February, Texas launched a program to help people who had missed rent payments because of the pandemic. By the end of March, only 250 people had actually got help paying for rent out of 72,000 completed applications.

COVID-19 vaccinations are supposed to be accessible for all. But for people without transportation, getting to and from appointments has its challenges.

In 2014, Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas did something churches don't often do: It acquired a credit union in order to could offer small, short-term loans to people with poor credit.