August 19, 2022 by Clarissa Ayala
Lone Star Legal Aid and Texas Legal Services Center Launch Eviction Text Messaging Program
Lone Star Legal Aid, in partnership with Texas Legal Services Center, is happy to announce the launch of its Eviction Text Messaging Program. The program helps to guide our clients through the JP Court Eviction Appeal process with text messaging support. This guided support will provide text message reminders of deadlines, links to helpful information at appropriate times, and answer questions about the eviction process.
If you disagree with an eviction court order, you can request a “do-over” – A new trial before a new judge. This is called an “appeal.” Aside from providing individuals and families an opportunity to have a new trial, tenants can also apply for available rental assistance programs while the case is on appeal, helping them stay in their homes.
Our clients receive help understanding the eviction appeal process, are provided with free legal advice, and assistance in drafting a Statement of Inability to Pay Court Costs and Appeal of their eviction suit. Call us to see if you are eligible to enroll in the Eviction Text Messaging Program.
If you or someone you know needs legal help, you can apply by visiting www.lonestarlegal.org or by calling 1-800-733-8394.
Lone Star Legal Aid is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit law firm focused on advocacy on behalf of low-income and underserved populations. Lone Star Legal Aid serves the 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 who have disabilities, or who are elderly, homeless, or have limited English language skills. To learn more about Lone Star Legal Aid, visit our website at www.lonestarlegal.org.
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