Woman faces ninth eviction in Harris County Precinct 7 since 2022
Court records show Carmen Mata was ordered evicted nine times since 2022 in Precinct 7, a pattern landlords say keeps sending them back to court.
Court records show Carmen Mata was ordered evicted nine times since 2022 in Harris County Precinct 7, a run of cases that landlords Miguel and Alejandra Mileo say has kept them tied up in court and out-of-pocket for months. The Mileos say the pattern shows how a tenant can stay in place long enough to pile up losses, then move on to the next landlord.
Mata told the judge through a translator that she was the victim of a scam. The Mileos said she had used the same explanation with several landlords, part of a string of rapid, consecutive evictions in the same area of Harris County.
The case has unfolded as Texas lawmakers have tried to tighten the eviction process for people illegally occupying homes. A state law aimed at speeding those cases took effect Jan. 1, 2026, after being enacted in 2025, and constables were already enforcing the new squatter and eviction laws by January. Even with those changes, the Precinct 7 file shows how quickly a landlord can end up back at square one when a tenant remains in the property long enough to trigger another round of notices, hearings and enforcement.
Precinct 7 is part of the Harris County constable system, which places deputies at the end of the enforcement chain once a court order is entered. That makes the dispute about more than one house: it sits at the point where judges, constables and lawmakers all touch the same eviction process, and where delays can mean more unpaid rent, court fees and repair work before a small landlord can rent again.
A social media post tied to the case said Mata had been evicted nine times in the past five years, all within Precinct 7. Texas Housers also tracks eviction activity through its Harris County Eviction Case Dashboard and Eviction Mapping Tool, a countywide resource that shows how often filing, possession and enforcement can unfold as separate steps rather than one clean handoff. In Precinct 7, that gap has become visible in nine separate eviction orders since 2022.
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