San Antonio approved a resolution supporting tenants' rights and launches an awareness campaign to further educate them about legal protections.
and federal laws that aim to protect tenants, including the right to demand home maintenance that impacts health and safety, advance notice requirements, the right to file suit against landlords who don’t make repairs and to be free of retaliation after a complaint is made or if residents choose to organize or participate in a tenant organization.
. Almost half of renters here are cost-burdened, meaning they pay more than 30% of their income toward housing., approved in 2021, calls for a public awareness campaign on fair housing laws and eviction prevention. The city will continue to provide free, monthly know-your-rights trainings in the community, Gonzalez said and “will email thousands of landlords and tenants who have applied for rent or relocation assistance with tenants rights … and resource documents.”
Texas Housers, TOP, My City is My Home and the Coalition for Tenant Justice have been advocating for a local, have pushed for more explicit language in the resolution regarding renters’ rights to organize — such as what kind of activity is protected — and to require landlords to provide tenants with an outline of their rights.“I am here today to declare victory,” said Silvia Flores, who lived at Seven Oaks. “We started organizing and the property owner started retaliating against us.
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