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A new study finds that more new units are available in the region but they're unaffordable for low-income families.

Texas will have more than 30 new laws on the books come New Year's Day, touching on everything from artificial intelligence regulation to property tax exemptions.

President Trump's proposal for a 50-year mortgage highlights issues surrounding affordability in North Texas. The proposal may reduce monthly payments, but experts warn it isn't a long-term solution.

Recent data shows that changing local and state policies are contributing to growing housing stock, but much of it is still out of reach for lower-income renters.

Bills touted as 'anti-squatter' reforms were originally written to make it easier to evict renters. But legislators significantly scaled back these provisions in a bill poised to become law.

The National Low Income Housing Coalition says the Dallas area has less affordable housing for low-income renters than most U.S. cities.

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.

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.

Dallas County's property costs are passed on. Rent — and renters' insurance — had gone up.

The settlement money will be returned to renters harmed by unlawful behavior if approved by a federal judge, the Federal Trade Commission announced Tuesday.

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.

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.