Students will meet with tenants to discuss their legal rights and options related to rental unit damage caused by the February winter storm. When the winter storm hit Texas, pipes burst throughout the state. Some tenants have been without water and/or gas for six weeks, even while leaks have continued and damaged their homes. The clinic will serve tenants whose repair requests have been ignored or received an inadequate response.
Organization
Austin Community Law Center
Austin Community Law Center is a nonprofit law firm dedicated to making legal services radically more affordable. Throughout COVID-19, they’ve partnered with TRLA to take on the overflow of eviction defense cases for clients who cannot afford representation. The Eviction Protection Clinic is a collaboration between ACLC and the Austin Tenants’ Council. Operating under the philosophy that everyone has a right to safe, decent, and fair housing, the Austin Tenants Council fulfills thousands of requests each year for help with housing problems. Austin Tenants Council programs focus on housing discrimination; tenant-landlord education and information; and housing repair and rehabilitation. Their mission is to ensure housing stability by rectifying Fair Housing Act violations and empowering tenants to exercise their rights through mediation, advocacy, and education.
Project Details
- Project Date
Monday, April 5
- Project Time
- 4pm-7pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 5 hours, including training
- Training
- Virtual; due to the last-minute nature of this opportunity, students will be asked to budget one hour to review a training video before the clinic
- Skills used
- Client interviewing/counseling; community education/outreach; cultural competence; document preparation
- Project location
- Virtual
- Address
- 1411 West Avenue, Austin, TX 78701
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 10
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Strong English skills required; Spanish speakers are welcome and needed; students with an interest in housing law are encouraged to apply
- To Apply
- Register at https://evictionsp21.eventbrite.com