January 30, 2023 by Ashley Norris
Lone Star Legal Aid Assisted Tornado Survivors at Pasadena Convention Center
Pasadena, TX – Lone Star Legal Aid Staff was present to assist survivors of the January 24th Tornado Event at the Disaster Assistance Recovery Center located at the Pasadena Convention Center between Friday, January 27 and Sunday, January 29. The event was hosted by the City of Pasadena, and the City of Deer Park, to help residents gather important recovery resources and information. The Disaster Assistance Recovery Center served as a hub for recovery information and resources from government agencies, local businesses, industry and non-profit organizations.
Shelter is still available through the Red Cross at Revive Church (1062 Fairmont Parkway | (281) 487-8787).
We provide free legal help to low-income disaster survivors. Our team of attorneys has extensive experience helping families in our service area and those who have relocated to our service area in an evacuation during or following a major disaster.
Examples of legal assistance available include:
- Assistance securing government benefits as they are made available to disaster victims;
- Assistance with life, medical, and property insurance claims;
- Help with home repair contracts and contractors;
- Replacement of wills and other important legal documents lost or destroyed in the disaster;
- Consumer protection issues, such as price-gouging and avoiding contractor scams in the rebuilding process;
- Mortgage-foreclosure problems; and
- Landlord-tenant problems.
We worked with buildingcommunityWORKSHOP and the American Red Cross to develop the following guides to help survivors navigate recovery after a disaster.
Visit our Disaster Relief Unit service page to learn about our work, and browse our resources, fliers, and videos.
After a disaster, if you are a veteran, you can find help and support through the VA. Visit https://www.disasterassistance.gov/information/veterans.
Additional disaster recovery resources are available at https://www.texasbar.com/disaster, https://www.texaslawhelp.org, https://www.lonestarlegal.org/services/disaster-relief/, https://www.ladrc.org/, and www.disasterlegalaid.org.
If you have survived a disaster and require legal assistance, you can apply for free legal assistance online at https://www.lonestarlegal.org or by calling 1-800-733-8394.
Lone Star Legal Aid (LSLA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit law firm focused on advocacy for low-income and underserved populations by providing free legal education, advice, and representation. LSLA serves millions of people at 125% of federal poverty guidelines, who live in 72 counties in the eastern and Gulf Coast regions of Texas, and 4 counties in Southwest Arkansas. LSLA focuses its resources on maintaining, enhancing, and protecting income and economic stability; preserving housing; improving outcomes for children; establishing and sustaining family safety, stability, health, and wellbeing; and assisting populations with special vulnerabilities, like those with disabilities, the aging, survivors of crime and disasters, the unemployed and underemployed, the unhoused, those with limited English language skills, and the LGBTQIA+ community. To learn more about Lone Star Legal Aid, visit our website at https://www.LoneStarLegal.org.
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