Every day, around 10 a.m., courthouses in Dallas, Texas, fill up with people about to be evicted. People with crumpled papers, and sad faces. Some arrive at 9:45 a.m. or 9:50 a.m. Those few minutes before the judge enters the courtroom can mean the difference between keeping the home they live in or sleeping in their car or a shelter. Why? Because that is the time the lawyers from the Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center (DEAC) use to review their cases and prepare a defense.
Fighting eviction in Texas: Eight lawyers take on 600 cases per month
Fighting eviction in Texas: Eight lawyers take on 600 cases per month
