Eviction Filings in Major Texas Cities Soar Above Pre-Pandemic Levels
Legal aid groups and housing advocates say there simply aren’t enough lawyers to keep up with eviction filings.
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Legal aid groups and housing advocates say there simply aren’t enough lawyers to keep up with eviction filings.
Legal aid groups and housing advocates say there simply aren’t enough lawyers to keep up with the sheer volume of eviction filings.
Landlords filed more than 177,000 eviction cases in the Houston, Dallas, Austin and Fort Worth areas in 2023, according to records tracked by Eviction Lab, a research center based at Princeton University that tracks eviction filings.
Legal aid groups and housing advocates say there simply aren’t enough lawyers to keep up with the sheer volume of eviction filings.
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