The banking industry took in more than $15 billion in overdraft fees in 2019, and just small number of account holders paid the vast majority of those fees.

Surging inflation is the side-effect of a fast-recovering economy, but families without a financial cushion are eyeing the trend with trepidation. For many, fast-rising gas and food prices mean figuring out what to cut from the household budget to cover basic needs.

People who’ve been to prison often face significant challenges when they’re released, hitting barriers to jobs, housing and educational opportunities. The justice advocate behind a new tech training program wants women with felony records to be able to thrive when they come home.

The Texas Rent Relief Program will shut down its application portal at 5 p.m. on Friday. Some local governments still have money for rent help, but those funds may soon run out, as well.

While some people enrolled in The Padua Project saw varying degrees of success, others dropped out or faced other challenges completing the program.

An ambitious program helmed by Catholic Charities Fort Worth set out to end poverty, but it saw mixed results.

A new North Texas program aimed at housing people experiencing homelessness is getting $10 million in private gifts.

More than 165,000 Texans have been helped by the state’s $1.9 billion rental assistance program that launched during the pandemic, but people have “slipped through the cracks,” advocates say.

A report on victims who died at the hands of abusive partners in Tarrant County spotlights a gruesome side effect of the pandemic: a rise in domestic violence.

The pandemic slowed down Trinity Habitat for Humanity's building schedule last year, but now that the weather is cooling down, building is ramping back up.

A new report from the Aspen Institute says debt collection lawsuits often upend family finances and that this "broken" system is stacked against defendants.

Texas saw a spike in food insecurity at the start of the pandemic, according to a new report from the USDA. But that largely leveled off due to rent relief, eviction bans and expanded food-access programs.