Eviction

and I found a white envelope with my name on it. It was labeled by the “Rental Agreement”. The envelope didn’t make any sense to me until I opened and realized it was an eviction from the landlord. I had tons of these laying all over my apartment and it never occurred to me until now that I wasn’t paying my bill. Anyway the eviction slip said that I was $2500 in debt. I had only $500 saved up because all the rest of my money was used. All of the $2500 is due by Friday so that means I only have 3…

the Travis County Constables office was an amazing experience. There are five different precincts in Travis County, but the particular office that I worked for was Precinct Two. The main things that they handle are civil matters such as property evictions and unpaid child support. There are three different departments warrant, civil, and civil/juvenile court. On average they see 4,000 warrants a year and make about $1,000,000. They process 5,700 civil papers a year and the average yearly income…

Why minimum wage should be raised to 12 an hour I know from personal experience that $7.25 is barely enough for a single adult to get by on in Huntsville Alabama where the cost of living is one of the lowest in the country. I made $7.35 an hour and got about 27 hour a week which was about 198.45 a week after taxes I made about 160, now you times that by four it equal to $640 a month plus my army disability of $133 I had 773. I used this to pay my $380 rent, $60 light bill, $20 internet, $57…

The American Dream When questioning if the American dream is still achievable, one must focus on what the true meaning is, which is where anyone in the US can succeed and have the potential to live a happy, and successful life through hard work, and prosperity. It also entails that anyone who comes to the US should be entitled to various opportunities to live a longer and fuller life. In today’s modern world, it can be quite difficult to make that judgment if the dream is slowly rising or dying.…

house was seized by mistake. According to the county’s argument, she had not paid business taxes. However, she never had a business therefore she had no any debt. Her big mistake was to ignore all the mail the county sent her to inform her about the eviction. So she had to suffer being a homeless person and her situation was getting worse because she was so immerse in a profound depression that did not let her to think clearly. Her main objective was to get her house back without realize that…

a strong advocate for legal reform and introduced ideas such as the abolishment of the Star Chamber, which was a controversial court that was often used to prosecute political opponents. She also introduced protections for tenants against unfair evictions. Additionally, she brought in new laws for…

There’s a difference between moving out and being kicked out. Moving out is wanting to leave a certain place, being evicted is the opposite. You have to pack all your things that you've collected over the years, baby clothes, books, movies, and the memories, Unwilling. The last day of 10th grade, I was on the phone and my mother came into the house and told me to clean my room. My response was I have all summer to clean it, well apparently I only had four days to clean my entire house and…

This article discusses the wrongful dismissal happened on Leonard Collrin who was the longtime director and Cherry Brook Zoo. Leonard Collrin worked for Cherry Brook Zoo for over 37 years, and his wife, Lynda, also worked as a volunteer for the zoo. The Collrins said their lives to the zoo and the animals, they lived in the zoo, so that they can provide all day service which means they work more than 80 hours every week. Nevertheless, the family was evicted of their home on July 6. Collrin…

1*What is your impression of the denouement of "Desiree's Baby? Do you think that Armand was aware of his ancestry? Why or why not? The dénouement of “Desiree’s Baby” left me with the impression of shocked. My expectations throughout the reading did not lead me to believe a plot twist of such would occur. I also began to wonder what Armand would do with this new information of his ancestry. I do not believe that Armand was aware of his ancestry, because if he did, he would not have allowed…

Unlike many teenagers I didn’t, have a transition period from childhood to teenage years to adulthood, like so many others here in America might have. My life went from a carefree child to being a mature and responsible adult within a matter of months, and here is how it all started. The fact or the matter is that I was born in a refugee camp in Nepal and life wasn’t easy with death and disease looming everywhere.I roamed the streets as carefree as young kid could. Life was normal as I went to…