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December 27th, 2007

Laws to Help Consumers Going Into Effect Tuesday

“It’s important that laws be fair. Unfortunately, there are some landlords and property owners that don’t always follow the law. We think it’s in the best interests of everybody to protect their [tenant] rights.”

Throughout the year, The Watchdog has focused on situations in which state and federal laws weren’t tough enough when it came to protecting consumers. So imagine my surprise when I began to look at a batch of new state laws going into effect next week, and found that each seems designed to protect Texans in ways we weren’t protected before.

For example, as of Jan. 1, your home and your pocketbook will get some added protections, whether you rent an apartment, buy homeowners’ insurance, pay property taxes, build a house or buy manufactured housing. Read more



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