Five Days To Vacate Part 1: How Evictions Work In Travis County

Austin is a city of renters: 55 percent of households in the city rent. That number drops slightly, but not much, when you look at Travis County. That got Audrey McGlinchy wondering – how common are evictions? What she found surprised her. On average of 12 Travis County families a day are evicted from their homes. In the first of four stories in a series, we learn exactly how evictions work and how common they are.