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Texas migrant housing lax oversight exposes workers to squalor
The Austin American Statesman investigates migrant farmworker housing in Texas. Regulators rarely penalize unlicensed facilities, leaving most workers in temporary housing far from inspected, safe standards. Inspectors report few enforcement actions, while advocates highlight pervasive gaps and widespread unlicensed housing.
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Austin American-Statesman
Texas
van Horn Chile
the Statesman
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Panhandle
West Texas
Indiana
Michigan
Daniela Dwyer
Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid Inc
van Horn
Rio Grande Valley
The
National Center For Farmworker
Health
Joe Garcia
State Agency
Gordon Anderson
Dwyer
Wisconsin
Roman Ramos
Rio Grande Legal Aid
Statesman
South Plains
Garcia
Brownsville
Lucio
AJK Enterprises
Ernesto Garza
Pharr
Eagle Pass