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Landlord Security Deposit Statutes You Should Know: TX Property Code 92.109
Some Landlords will collect a security deposit at the beginning of a lease and never think about it again. For one, they may have simply deposited the fund, and now that money is long gone. Maybe the deposit was used as a fee paid to an agent for securing the tenant...
Landlord Statutes You Should Know: TX Property Code Section 92.056
One of the most common defenses that pops up from Tenants in an eviction case is, "My Landlord never fixed my __________." Generally speaking, this defense goes nowhere. The Court usually explains that rent cannot be withheld in a Lease due to a repair that the...
Four Things to Know Before You File for Eviction during this Eviction Moratorium
Evictions in Texas have stopped and started and stopped and started on and off and on and off again since March. There is no doubt that 2020 has been a challenging year for Landlords in Texas. While Evictions are going forward in this state, there are now a number of...
2nd Landlord Update: Texas Eviction Diversion Program
As of October 12, 2020, the State of Texas has launched the Texas Eviction Diversion Program in a handful of Texas counties. Among these counties is Harris County. What does this mean for Landlords in the Houston area? Well, this is a program to assist landlords...
Were you Clear About How and Where Rent is Paid?
Collecting rent is one of the best parts of the landlord/tenant relationship. Yet, it can get complicated. The reason people get into this agreement is that, in exchange for a rent payment, somebody gets to stay at some place. Easy, right? But you would be surprised...
Landlord Update: Texas Eviction Diversion Program
For information on the TEDP, check out this page from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs: https://www.tdhca.state.tx.us/TEDP.htm Another week brings yet another change in the world of Texas Landlord/Tenant Law. The effects of the CDC Eviction...
The Tenant Appealed, So What Went Wrong?
A lot of landlords are absolutely shocked when they win a case, especially the landlords who have done it over, and over, and over again, but somehow the tenant is allowed to appeal. They just don’t believe it. They say, “I didn’t do anything wrong... What did I do...
Tenant Eviction & Available Government Assistance
Hey Texas Landlords! It is improper to believe that the CDC Eviction Moratorium Order instituted a rent holiday for people who were negatively impacted by Covid-19. That interpretation is simply too broad. The first Qualification for Tenants who sign a Declaration of...
TX Supreme Court Cracks the CDC Eviction Moratorium Order
There are way too many changes, updates, revisions, and amendments in the law for the average person to know how to respond to each of them. The federal government is making an Order on one end to halt Evictions, but what can the States do about it? What can counties...
The First Case Examples of Tenants Using the CDC Eviction Moratorium
Within two weeks of the CDC Eviction Moratorium being in place, there have been multiple examples of use and misuse of the rights and duties found in the Eviction Moratorium Order. --No, the protections described in the Order to not apply to all Tenants. --No, for...
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