AUSTIN, Texas — There is a bill being discussed in the Texas legislature this session that would make it much easier for landlords to evict tenants, possibly without even a trial. Mark Melton, an ...

Odette Edwards (center) speaks outside the Bryan Song Apartments in January 2019 in Dallas. All of the residents received an eviction notice to be out of their apartments by Feb. 10. Ryan Michalesko / ...

HOUSTON – You may have heard of the term “squatter” recently, seen the word in headlines, or seen a video of authorities or a property owner removing them from their property, or at least trying to.

Just before noon Monday, police were called to Olmos Club Apartments, a complex about 5 miles north of downtown, after someone reported that multiple tenants had been barred from entering their ...

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It's a nightmare scenario for homeowners - discovering that someone has taken up residence in your property without permission, and finding out the process to remove them is anything but simple.

What happens when your tenants are driving you to financial ruin, but you can’t kick them out during an ongoing eviction battle? That’s the problem faced by property owner Akosua Danquah in Iowa ...

A law passed in New York in April 2024 makes it more difficult for problem tenants to be removed from rental properties. As a homeowner screening potential tenants, it is vital to keep local, state ...