North Texas Eviction Project
The North Texas Eviction Project (NTEP) makes local eviction data accessible and actionable so that frontline providers, government and agency staff, and policymakers can activate upstream eviction solutions to keep families securely housed.
NTEP features eviction filing and demographic data for Dallas, Collin, Denton, and Tarrant Counties. Data is currently accessible for eviction filings only: case outcomes are not yet available. NTEP provides a geography-based summary of eviction filing data and does not include individual case details, such as plaintiff or defendant names.
Some geographies may have more or less data available. For example, Dallas County data begins in 2017, but Collin and Denton begin in 2019, and Tarrant begins in 2020. Only Dallas County has median filing amount data available.
Dallas County data is provided by Dallas County. Denton, Collin, and Tarrant County data is provided by our friends at January Advisors, a Houston-based data science group.
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CPAL Partner Spotlight: Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center
What if real-time data could help stop evictions before they happen?
- In this CPAL Partner Spotlight, we highlight how the Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center (DEAC) is using eviction filing data from the Child Poverty Action Lab (CPAL) to execute a bold strategy: providing legal defense for every tenant, in every court, every day.
- With over 40,000 eviction filings each year in Dallas County, the stakes are high — and so is the potential for impact. CPAL’s real-time data allows DEAC to identify eviction filings as soon as they’re submitted, reach out to tenants proactively, and prepare legal defenses before they ever walk into court.