As rising costs squeeze the finances of DFW-area families, NBC 5 Investigates has discovered a staggering number of people are at risk of losing their homes.
A recent analysis of court data from Dallas’ Child Poverty Action Lab shows about 49,000 eviction cases were filed in Dallas County in a single year. But what may be more surprising is who is impacted most and what might be done to break the cycle.
It’s the moment so many North Texas families fear: The constable shows up and movers are ordered to put all of the family’s belongings on the lawn while they look for a new place to sleep.
On average, Dallas County families face eviction lawsuits more than 4,000 times each month and more than 950 times each week. According to the Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center, a legal aid organization, at least half of the families sued for eviction are parents raising children, and about one-third are single mothers…