Some on the council argued that Dallas' ordinance delaying evictions will help tenants get access to those funds before being evicted, while others argued the ordinance may only serve to cause landlords to raise rents on paying tenants.
An ordinance that delays evictions in Dallas is set to expire Sunday if the governor does not extend the state of local disaster.
"When tenants walk in with a lawyer they win a lot, when they walk in without a lawyer the lose almost every time," said Mark Melton, Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center. The Dallas ordinance requires landlords to notify tenants of possible eviction and then gives tenants as many as 81 days to come up with the rent. City staff told the council that the city’s declaration is tied to the governor’s, so when it expires so will Dallas’.
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