Texas HB1063 allows local governments to create tenant legal services offices to assist low-income tenants in eviction cases and discrimination cases.
Texas HB1063 amends the Local Government Code to establish tenant legal services offices. These offices, created by local governments, provide legal representation and services to tenants. They offer full legal representation to indigent tenants in eviction cases and to low-income tenants with disabilities in cases involving discrimination. They also provide brief legal assistance to tenants in various cases. The offices may investigate a tenant's financial condition if the tenant requests representation.
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