@article{9ae062e3bafc4d92a1cbe4e8fe3a6bfb,
title = "U.S. Eviction Filing Patterns in 2020",
abstract = "The coronavirus pandemic precipitated an economic crisis disproportionately affecting renter households. Attempting to prevent a surge in evictions, policy makers at the federal, state, and local levels extended emergency protections to renters. The authors describe eviction filing patterns in 2020 and analyze the efficacy of eviction moratoria. New filings were reduced dramatically since the start of the pandemic. Between March 15 and December 31, 2020, across sites for which data are available, 65 percent fewer eviction cases were filed than would be expected in a typical year. Extrapolating nationwide, the authors estimate that at least 1.55 million fewer eviction cases were filed in 2020 than in a normal year. The pace at which cases were filed increased in late 2020, however, and the amount of back rent claimed grew considerably. Filing rates exceeded historical averages when protections lapsed. Black and female renters received a disproportionate share of eviction cases filed during the pandemic.",
keywords = "COVID-19, eviction, eviction moratorium, racial disparities",
author = "Peter Hepburn and Renee Louis and Joe Fish and Emily Lemmerman and Alexander, {Anne Kat} and Thomas, {Timothy A.} and Robert Koehler and Emily Benfer and Matthew Desmond",
note = "Funding Information: This article compiles and extends a set of analyses the authors produced and published on the Eviction Lab{\textquoteright}s Web site over the course of 2020 (see https://evictionlab.org/updates/ ). We thank Alieza Durana for her tireless editorial oversight and James Minton, Lane Olson, Sasha Zyryaev, and colleagues at hyperobjekt for their advice and assistance on data visualization. The ETS would not be possible without the sustained collaboration of Jeff Reichman and David McClendon of January Advisors; Carlos Manjarrez, Daniel Bernstein, and the team at Legal Services Corporation; the Alachua County Labor Coalition; Anne Wright of the Carnegie Mellon University CREATE Lab; BASTA Austin; the Connecticut Fair Housing Center; the Court Services Division of the Minnesota Judicial Branch; Drew Nolan; the Housing Data Coalition; Jonathan Pyle of Philadelphia Legal Assistance; the Maricopa County Justice Courts; and Open Austin. FundingThe author disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Support for the ETS is provided by the C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute and the Pew Charitable Trusts. The Eviction Lab is supported by the JPB Foundation and the Gates Foundation and by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Research reported in this publication was supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health under award P2CHD047879. Funding Information: This article compiles and extends a set of analyses the authors produced and published on the Eviction Lab?s Web site over the course of 2020 (see https://evictionlab.org/updates/). We thank Alieza Durana for her tireless editorial oversight and James Minton, Lane Olson, Sasha Zyryaev, and colleagues at hyperobjekt for their advice and assistance on data visualization. The ETS would not be possible without the sustained collaboration of Jeff Reichman and David McClendon of January Advisors; Carlos Manjarrez, Daniel Bernstein, and the team at Legal Services Corporation; the Alachua County Labor Coalition; Anne Wright of the Carnegie Mellon University CREATE Lab; BASTA Austin; the Connecticut Fair Housing Center; the Court Services Division of the Minnesota Judicial Branch; Drew Nolan; the Housing Data Coalition; Jonathan Pyle of Philadelphia Legal Assistance; the Maricopa County Justice Courts; and Open Austin. FundingThe author disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Support for the ETS is provided by the C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute and the Pew Charitable Trusts. The Eviction Lab is supported by the JPB Foundation and the Gates Foundation and by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Research reported in this publication was supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health under award P2CHD047879. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2021.",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1177/23780231211009983",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "7",
journal = "Socius",
issn = "2378-0231",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
}