Harris County attorney pushes for stronger laws to protect Texas renters from negligent landlords

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Harris County attorney pushes for stronger laws to protect Texas renters from negligent landlords
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Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee has seen apartments with roach infestations and frequent car break-ins firsthand. Now, he's on a mission to help renters in similar situations.

"It's basically very friendly to landlords to be able to punish tenants, to evict tenants, and so it creates this, what I think is an overly favorable environment to landlords," Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee said.

Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee is determined to change that. He says he knows what it's like. He says that come January when the legislature reconvenes, he'll be in Austin, pushing for a fix. "What I'd like to see is a law that allows the government to step in and immediately call these folks to account, whether that's through an administrative procedure, through fines, through a lawsuit, anything to push them in the direction of doing the right thing," Menefee explained.

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