E68: Meet Dave Pantos with the Tenant Assistance Project

In this episode we talk about evictions, legal process, and renter’s rights (or lack thereof) with Dave Pantos. Dave has been an attorney for 25 years, volunteers about 2 times a week helping renters realize their rights in court, is a current candidate for Douglas County Attorney. Fast Fasts on evictions: -Tenants who don’t have attorneys will get evicted 98% of the time -Tenants who have attorneys are usually able to avoid or delay losing their homes -Tenants who do not show up for their eviction hearings will almost certainly be evicted -Eviction hearings usually only last 90 seconds when the tenant has no attorney Dave is reading: Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen *Support the pod for just $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/seeingrednebraska. *Support SeeingRedNE and independent bookstores by purchasing books with our link. You can find all the books we’ve recommended on the pod! https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com [e-mail] Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska