Fighting eviction in Texas: Eight lawyers take on 600 cases per month

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.

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