Evictions In Texas Are Happening At An Alarming Rate

2024 has been one of the more challenging years financially in Texas, and many people have found themselves struggling to afford things they once used to have zero issue with.

One of those things has been paying their rent. It's an essential part of life, having a roof over your head solves a lot of things. Even if you can't keep the heat on, at least you have a roof over your head.

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Unfortunately, more and more people in Texas are finding themselves unable to cover their rent, and because of it, evictions are happening at an alarming rate.

One of the worst times on record for people being able to afford their rent was during COVID. There were measures put in place to save people from losing their homes due to being unable to pay their rent.

However, things have not necessarily improved since then. In fact, the amount of evictions is higher, and significantly in some places, than it was pre-pandemic.

For example, Houston is the worst in Texas. In just the past year alone, there have been over 81,000 evictions which represents a 40% increase pre-pandemic. 10% of people renting in Houston have found themselves evicted from their home.

Other major places in Texas are experiencing high than usual levels, but nothing like Houston.

Bexar County, where San Antonio is located, is showing higher eviction rates than they saw prior to pre-pandemic. Over the last year, Bexar County showed more than 23,000 evictions across the county.

Same story in the Fort Worth area where they are showing a 10.4% eviction rate which is more than Austin and Dallas.

All told, between Austin, Dallas, Houston, and Fort Worth, we've seen over 177,000 evictions that have taken place, which is a slight increase from the previous year.

Part of that is due to rising costs coming from landlords. Some are passing down increased property taxes and that is pushing people over the edge of what they can afford.

Others are simply self-evicting themselves in fear of not being able to afford an upcoming rent payment. That's what we call a "midnight move" where they pack up a moving truck in the dead of the night and disappear.

With everything going on with the economy right now, this would seem to be the first problem Texas needs to cancel before more people find themselves homeless.