Tenants of boarding homes in Dallas have been ordered to leave within one week as rent costs continue to climb across North Texas.
and five times as many families having eviction proceedings initiated against them over the same time period.
“We don’t have very many apartments that are affordable for people that don’t make much money,” Melton added. No one from the property management company was on site when NBC 5 went to the home on Sunday. Calls and texts to a listed number went unreturned. A woman answered a second phone number and hung up when after being informed the call was from the media.At 76 and needing the aid of a walker to get around, she said that wasn’t a risk she was willing to take.Melton added his work is likely not done either.
“We most certainly will be filing a lawsuit for unlawful eviction because this kind of thing just can’t stand,” Melton said.
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