@EvictionNet

A collaborative initiative based @UCBDisplacement to improve eviction data collection and research. Now posting @evictionresearch.bsky.social

 Berkeley, CA
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Joined October 2021
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The $46.6B Emergency Rental Assistance program worked! First-ever national evaluation: ERA reached the highest-risk neighborhoods — and prevented #eviction there. Joint UC Berkeley + Penn HIP release. evictionresearch.net/hud-era…

Keeping People in Their Homes: The Impact of ERA on Evictions

New HUD-funded research from UC Berkeley and the Housing Initiative at Penn shows Emergency Rental Assistance significantly reduced eviction filings during the pandemic.

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#Eviction are far above historical average in #WashingtonState. King, Spokane, and Clark saw the highest 12-month count in recorded history. Increase follows lifting pandemic protections in July 2023 (e.g., EPRAP & the #Eviction Resolution Pilot Program. evictionresearch.net/washing…
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National Low Income Housing Coalition@NLIHC10 Jan 2024
Homelessness has reached record levels. We know how to fight it. tinyurl.com/2p99whvp
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One of the most disturbing things we've seen in a long time. Harvey IL city police just boarded up seniors and others INSIDE THEIR HOMES. Apparently they were being #evicted because the building was unsafe. #eviction tiktok.com/t/ZPRcxmrfj/
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Citizens took down boards to free tenants but were quickly boarded back up. Apparently the building was not kept up by the landlord and already unsafe and these folks had no where to go.
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'I didn't hear anybody': Harvey tenants trapped in boarded-up apartments

Tenants at a Harvey apartment building had the unthinkable happen -- their doors and windows were boarded shut and some became trapped inside.

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#California #evictions are much higher in larger counties than they were before the pandemic. We'll have a state profile using these data up soon. calmatters.org/housing/homel…

Across California, eviction cases have returned to — or surpassed — pre-pandemic levels

Now that eviction restrictions have mostly lifted, filings have increased.

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Since the end of the state moratoria, rates have mostly been above 2019 counts. "We're facing the eviction cliff we tried to prevent during the pandemic."
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New research in Seattle shows "no evidence that tenant protection laws drove 'mom-and-pop' landlords out of the rental market" a common argument against tenant protections osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/x7…

“Mom-and-pop” Landlords and Regulatory Backlash: A Seattle Case Study

Against the backdrop of an acute rental affordability crisis and a resurgent tenant’s rights movement, rental industry groups have frequently argued that tenant protection laws disproportionately...

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In fact, 'mom and pop' landlords often utilize management practices similar to properties with much larger rental portfolios.
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New #eviction numbers for #Oregon show that the state is evicting more households than they ever have in their history. Collab w/ @EvictedInOregon See the report evictionresearch.net/oregon/
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U.C. Berkeley is hiring a postdoc for eviction research and computational social science/#DataScience lecturer.
Tim Thomas@timthomas23 Mar 2023
We're hiring a PhD postdoc at Berkeley for #eviction Research and Computational Social Science Training. 2/3rds research and 1/3rd teaching social science grads #MachineLearning #NLP #Statistics #postdocjobs #Sociology @AcademicJobs DM me for details
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Evictions are piling up across the U.S. as Covid-era protections end and rents climb nbcnews.com/politics/politic… via @nbcnews

Evictions are piling up across the U.S. as Covid-era protections end and rents climb

Eviction filings have been increasing since the spring in many places and the problem is expected to get worse in the coming months as federal rental assistance runs out.

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Tim Thomas@timthomas8 Nov 2022
2 great research faculty job postings for quant and qual researchers at @Portland_State University working on #eviction in Oregon. Please pass around!! @EvictedInOregon #racialjustice #policy #DataScience dm me for ??s evictedinoregon.com/hiring
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WFYI News@WFYINews14 Oct 2022
Indiana had one of the highest eviction rates in the country both before and during the pandemic, according to data released by the Eviction Research Network. bit.ly/3S4nxxP via @sad_radio_lad

Indiana had one of the highest eviction rates in the country before and during the pandemic

Indiana had one of the highest eviction rates in the country both before and during the pandemic, according to data released by the Eviction Research Network.

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Kristen Eskow
@KristenEskow20 Oct 2022
Data compiled by the Eviction Research Network shows despite the national eviction moratorium, Indiana didn’t see as much of a decline in evictions compared to other states: cbs4indy.com/indiana-news/da… @CBS4Indy @FOX59

Data shows high Indiana eviction rates before, during pandemic

INDIANAPOLIS – New research shows Indiana had one of the highest eviction rates nationwide both before and during the pandemic. The data was collected by the Eviction Research Network, which …

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#Pennsylvania & #Missouri will be coming next.
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Today we're releasing our #oregon #eviction state profile. This is one of the first comprehensive maps for OR in collaboration with Prof. Lisa Bates & her team at @Portland_State & evictedinoregon.com. See the map at evictionresearch.net/oregon/ #ResearchForSocialGood
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We find that #Oregon #eviction cases are well above historical average since June 2022, with 1 in 57 renters are named in filings with Black and "Other racial group" filings 45% higher than White filings.
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During the #pandemic, #Portland had high #eviction rates with two census tracts having a 1 in 9 filing rate. Communities surrounding #Salem, #Eugene, and #Medford #Oregon also had above average filing rates. evictionresearch.net/oregon/
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