A San Antonio City Council committee on Thursday greenlit two initiatives aimed at keeping renters safely housed.
at certain apartment complexes. The group has met a dozen times since October and is comprised of renters, affordable housing advocates as well as property owners and management companies.
Now that the council committee has given the go-ahead, Shannon said his team will crunch the numbers to determine what the program should charge bad actors. Citations for tall grass or weeds, for instance, would not qualify, he said. “If the grass is a little too high … that’s not as important as some of the key issues: sewer breaks, water leaks, [HVAC] unit condition, structural issues, etc.”
Concerns about the program were raised by members of progressive groups Texas Organizing Project and Texas Housers, an affordable housing policy and advocacy nonprofit. They centered around the amount of time that it takes — potentially more than 20 days if the landlord appeals a citation — to hold a landlord accountable.
Uel Trejo-Rivera, a community equity analyst at Texas Housers, said some of the task force’s meetings were contentious, but she believes the new program is a good step towards accountability.
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