Free Legal Assistance Available For Low-income Individuals Affected by the 2021 Texas winter storm
Toll-free legal assistance hotline
AUSTIN The State Bar of Texas, the American Bar Association, and legal aid providers across the state remind Texans that a toll-free legal assistance hotline is available to low-income individuals and families affected by the Texas winter storm that began February 11.
The hotline 800-504-7030 is available in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese and connects low-income individuals affected by the disaster with local legal aid providers who can help with:
Assistance securing government benefits as they are made available;
Assistance with life, medical, and property insurance claims;
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Last March, Madeline Lofland lost her job as a nanny. She wasn’t in a bad financial situation before the pandemic, and she was able to keep paying rent for months with her savings.
But the 23-year-old, who lives in a one-bedroom apartment in Northwest Harris County, found that her unemployment check didn’t cover all of her rent, and when her savings ran out, she gave her landlord the form that’s supposed to stop her eviction under an order issued last September by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention an order that’s meant to slow the spread of COVID-19 by making sure people don’t become homeless or move into crowded shared housing.
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Renter’s rights: What you need to know if you have storm damage
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HOUSTON – Tamika Thomas is just one of the thousands of Houstonians living a wet, watery nightmare right now.
The water pipes above her bedroom burst open inside the home she is renting and now she is wondering who is going to fix the pipes and all the water damage.
“I was upstairs and all I heard was this big whoosh! I’m like what happened and all of the sudden I see all of this water pouring down,” Tamika said.
If you rent an apartment or a house or a condominium, it’s your landlords legal responsibility to fix the damage.
Warming temperatures and restored power mean homeowners and renters might finally be able to address the damage from the week’s brutal weather. And for thousands across the state, that will mean insurance claims.