Reunite the Tilley Family After Unfair Eviction

UPDATE: The fundraising goal has been reached and the family is currently searching for safe and stable housing near their daughter. 
We'll share more soon! 

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Since the COVID19 pandemic began thousands of families struggling to make ends meet across Houston have been threatened with eviction for nonpayment of rent or late payment of rent.  As concerned parents to baby Parker, Christine and Phillip did everything they could to avoid getting evicted - they completed the CDC declaration, applied for rent relief and their landlord even got 7k in public funds to help pay off the family’s debt only to have their landlord return the rent relief and evict them. 

On the morning of August 27th,  Phillip and 18-month-old Parker had just finished breakfast and were getting ready for the day, when without notice or warning  their front door was opened by to 9 constables and 6 apartment employees.

Phillip showed his CDC declaration to the officers and when told his family was being evicted for nonpayment he tried to explain how
$7000 was just paid to the apartment complex.  No one would listen. He pleaded with the apartment manager and constables to wait 30 minutes for his wife to get home as it was impossible to do anything while holding his crying daughter but was told to "get out of the way."

The constables proceed to drag the family's dog outside and tie him to a post, while a dozen people began tossing everything his family has ever owned into bags filled with trash, and the items that were too big or heavy were broken in front of them so that it would be easier to
remove. Only one trash bag of clothing was salvageable. Everything else was either broken, ransacked, stolen by other tenants in the complex, or ruined by the rain.

Once evicted, Christine and Phillip were given an ultimatum by CPS. Due to what CPS described as an unsafe area of Houston, they had to either let Parker leave them and stay with someone else in New York or a case would be opened and Parker would be put in foster care.  Parker was sent to New York and Christine and Phillip remained homeless and forced to sleep in their car.


This fundraiser is being run with the hopes of getting the family stably housed and reunited. Anything raised over the goal can be used by     the family to provide added economic stability that will support their healing, funds raised will go to the family over time