September 16, 2021 by Clarissa Ayala
Lone Star Legal Aid is Available to Help Low-income Individuals Affected by Hurricane Nicholas
HOUSTON/GALVESTON—Free legal resources are available to low-income individuals affected by flooding and other conditions created by Hurricane Nicholas.
The State Bar of Texas’s toll-free disaster legal services hotline—800-504-7030—puts callers in touch with legal aid providers in their areas who can help with:
- Replacement of important legal documents lost or destroyed in the disaster;
- Life, medical, and property insurance claims;
- Home repair contracts and contractors;
- Consumer protection issues, like price-gouging and avoiding contractor scams in the recovery process; and
- Counseling on landlord-tenant problems; and other matters.
The hotline assists callers in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese. People who qualify for assistance will be matched with lawyers who can provide free, limited legal help.
Visit our Disaster Relief Unit service page to learn about our work, and browse our resources fliers and videos.
Lone Star Legal Aid is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit law firm focused on advocacy for low-income and underserved populations. Lone Star Legal Aid serves millions of people at 125% of federal poverty guidelines that reside in 72 counties in the eastern and Gulf Coast regions of Texas, and 4 counties of southwest Arkansas. Lone Star Legal Aid focuses its resources on maintaining, enhancing, and protecting income and economic stability; preserving housing; improving outcomes for children; establishing and sustaining family safety and stability, health and well‐being; and assisting populations with special vulnerabilities, like those with disabilities, or who are elderly, homeless, or have limited English language skills. To learn more about Lone Star Legal Aid, visit our website at http://www.lonestarlegal.org.
Media contact: Media@LoneStarLegal.org
