Eviction proceedings and debt collections can resume this month, Texas Supreme Court orders

[dalton99a]

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/05/14/texas-evictions-debt-collections-resume-may-moratoriums-lifted/

Eviction proceedings and debt collections can resume this month, Texas Supreme Court orders
The state's highest civil court initially paused eviction proceedings and debt collections during the coronavirus pandemic. Those moratoriums are being lifted after more than 1.9 million Texans filed for unemployment.
by Emma Platoff and Juan Pablo Garnham
May 14, 2020

Evictions and debt collection proceedings can resume in Texas next week, the Texas Supreme Court has ordered, after the court temporarily put both on hold during the coronavirus pandemic.

Eviction hearings can be held as soon as Tuesday, with orders authorizing evictions allowed starting May 26. That does not apply to certain tenants who are protected through the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, including renters in homes covered by federally backed mortgages. Tenants covered under that federal moratorium have protections through Aug. 23. Others may be protected through local orders, like those in place in Austin, Dallas and San Marcos.

Similarly, debt collectors can again garnish accounts starting later this month.

The state’s highest civil court had put holds on both as Texans contend with the financial toll of the novel coronavirus, which has sent the state's economy toward a recession. More than 1.9 million people have filed unemployment claims with the state in the past two months.

[sakabatou]

1. That's what people need right now: to be evicted!

[theaocp]

2. Poutain.

This will not end well.

[BSdetect]

3. Now the vultures can scoop up foreclosed properties - again

[riversedge]

4. no doubt they will. Life can be so cruel for so many.