This Couple Is Fleeing Texas' Anti-LGBTQ Climate, But They Won't Sell Their Home to Investors
In Texas, investor-owned properties make up 28% of the housing stock, more than any other state.Rachel and Ryan Rushing moved to Dallas from Louisiana in 2010. They chose Dallas “because it’s where the jobs were,” Rachel said. In 2018, they were ready to buy their first house and settled on a place in Oak Cliff because it’s where they felt most at home. But the Texas political climate has grown increasingly uncomfortable for the Rushings.
Then came an onslaught of anti-LGBTQ bills across red states the following year, including in Texas. That’s when they started to reconsider. The couple say they’re now ready to leave the state. They’ll first have to sell their home in Oak Cliff, and they have one big condition. They fear, like others, that selling to an"" or company will only contribute to higher rents and the dwindling number of individual homeowners. That’s why they want the house to go to an individual or family.
Rachel feels the same:"It’s been feeling like we’re just sitting here waiting for something awful to happen to us." Ryan came out as trans during the pandemic, feeling like people were more accepting these days. “Then this happened and things drastically escalated,” she said. Since then, trans people have become “a lightning rod for the GOP,” Ryan said.
They’ve seen a lot of growth in their area first hand. “We’ve seen right in front of us how many homes were demolished and how many properties were bought by developers and investors, and now how many places have been built that are like luxury apartments,” Rachel said.
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