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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Dallas County tenants who appeal evictions find better outcomes
New data from CPAL reveals powerful insights about the link between legal counsel and staving off eviction in Dallas County.
- During a year in which Dallas County evictions were at a five-year high, about 80% of times in which tenants appealed, the cases were either dismissed, abated or ruled in favor of tenants.
- Having legal counsel matters a lot: When tenants have legal representation, cases are decided in favor of the landlord just 10% of the time.
Housing in Dallas: A Framework for Action
This framework for action details the ways in which CPAL organizes its housing efforts across four dimensions.
- In 2017, 22,500 occupied housing units in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) were classified as severely inadequate.
- Between 2008 and 2018, the DFW MSA lost 237,600 low-rent units (units renting for under $800), representing a decline of 42%.
Here's how Dallas leaders plan to deal with the third-worst child poverty rate among
Community leaders launch CPAL to address Dallas’ high rate of child poverty.
- According to the U.S. Census' American Community Survey data from 2011 to 2016, children that grow up in single-parent households are up to 3 1/2 times as likely to grow up in poverty.
- CPAL combines the clout of leaders and CEOs from major city and county institutions and systems (i.e. City of Dallas, Dallas ISD, Parkland Health and Hospital System, and Dallas Area Rapid Transit) with community-based partners.