Nearly a month into the ongoing government shutdown, nearly a million federal employees — including TSA agents and air traffic controllers — are still showing up to work without pay. For many who live paycheck to paycheck, the strain is growing severe, with rent, mortgage, and other essential bills becoming harder to cover.
As finances dwindle, questions are rising about how quickly an eviction can happen — and what protections, if any, tenants have when circumstances are out of their control.
Evictions can move “very fast,” attorney warns
Attorney Jon-Ross Trevino with Lone Star Legal Aid says tenants can face eviction proceedings in as little as a month after missing rent.
“If individuals don’t make the payments on the first or when they’re due, [a landlord] can file eviction that same month,” Trevino explained. “The timeframe that a person can go from missing one payment to being homeless can be about a month — sometimes less. That judicial process can move very fast.”…