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Jacob Haas and Peter Hepburn
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A Costly Form of Displacement: Eviction From Mobile Home Parks

Mobile home parks offer many residents a chance at affordable homeownership. But eviction from these communities can be particularly harmful. Our study documents for the first time the extent of eviction activity in mobile home parks across the state of Florida.

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Sarah Johnson, Grace Hartley, and Peter …
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A New Baseline: Changes to Our Eviction Metrics

When we launched the Eviction Tracking System, the best way to contextualize the numbers was to compare against what was typical before the pandemic. Five years later, we’ve decided it’s time to change that baseline.

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Grace Hartley, Jacob Haas, and Peter …
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How Much Rental Assistance Did Your Community Receive During the Pandemic?

Over the course of 2021 and 2022, the U.S. carried out an unprecedented experiment: we invested $46.55 billion to help Americans pay rent when they fell behind. Here we provide insight into how this money was distributed and the impact it had.

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Peter Hepburn, Danny Grubbs-Donovan, …
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Losing your home, losing your school: how evictions affect kids' educational trajectories

Kids whose parents face eviction cases are more likely to leave their district, end up in schools with fewer resources, and experience an increase in absences and suspensions.

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Emily A. Benfer, Peter Hepburn, Valerie …
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Disrupting the Eviction System: Tenant Right to Counsel

As a growing number of jurisdictions consider adopting RTC—and as researchers seek to analyze the effects of such programs—it is critical to understand their challenges and the keys to their success. Here we highlight five key findings.

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Sarah Johnson, Lorae Stojanovic, and …
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Preliminary Analysis: Eviction Filing Patterns in 2024

The days of emergency rental assistance and eviction protections are long gone. Now, our data show that landlords are filing evictions at nearly the same levels as before 2020.

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Juan Pablo Garnham
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In the most expensive city in the country, evictions remain lower than before COVID-19

Despite housing costs reaching record heights in New York City, eviction filings remain well below pre-pandemic averages.

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