 Hall stepped down at the end of 2017, replaced by Robert Doggett, who has dedicated nearly 20 years to TRLA, litigating and providing guidance on cases involving FEMA aid, mortgage foreclosure, predatory lending, and other issues that disproportionately affect low-income people.In 1976, the newly organized Legal Services Corporation (LSC), an independent corporation created by Congress, funded hundreds of legal service programs across the country, including TRLA and organizations in urban areas of Southwest Texas.During the Carter administration, LSC extended access to civil legal services to every county in the United States and its offshore possessions.