After losing power in his apartment unit in South Austin last Monday morning, Lucas Askew awoke to the sound of pounding on this door. They said there was a fire in the apartment building. I threw my keys and my wallet in my pocket and grabbed my dogs, said Askew, a mechanical engineering major at Austin Community College. By the time we came back the whole roof was on fire, so we couldn t get any of our stuff.
Askew, who is currently staying at a hotel, spent this week surveying the damage to his unit at the Park on Brodie Lane apartment complex, where the ceiling in the living room and dining room caved in.
Property owners: Eviction moratoriums may not be best way to help renters
Last week, President Joe Biden extended a federal eviction ban through March.
AUSTIN, Texas - Hours after taking office, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to extend the ban on evictions through March 2021. Proponents of halting evictions said it s saving lives, but many Texas property owners believe there s a better way to help. Everybody needs a place to live, said Leni Louazna, a spokesperson for the Texas Apartment Association public affairs committee and an Austin property owner.
No one knows that better than property owners and landlords.