@timthomas

Research Director @UCBDisplacement. Dir. @EvictionNet. Urban sociologist, demographer, & data scientist. Tweets are my own. (he/him)

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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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Excited to be leading this new $2.2 million capacity -- and data! -- building initiative funded by @RWJF! Please apply to work with us -- for free!
School of Cities@UofTCities2 Mar 2023
Today, SofC & @UCBerkeley are co-launching the Equitable Development Data Insight Training Initiative, which will provide free data analysis and storytelling training to organizations and local governments working towards urban equity. Find out more: to.equitabledev.org/SocTWpos…
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If you’re interested in working with evictions data and on housing justice there are TWO new research positions at Portland State! Senior research associate: jobs.hrc.pdx.edu/postings/40… And Research associate specializing mixed methods for evaluation: jobs.hrc.pdx.edu/postings/40…
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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.

nbcnews.com
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DSS or QSS? That is the question (answered in this tweet). Both are introductory books to quantitative methods in the social sciences written by Kosuke Imai @Harvard (alone or with co-authors). Which one is a better fit for you or for your class? A quick 🧵...
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Want to see for yourself? You can read the first chapter of DSS for free here: press.princeton.edu/books/pa… And you can read the first chapter of QSS for free here: press.princeton.edu/books/pa…
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Side by side comparison of the Area Depravation Index by the folks at UW and the Neighborhood Deprivation Index I created using the sfdep package. My code here: rpubs.com/codargarza/952910 Similarities: border communities have high levels of depravation.
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🎉🎉 The 2021 1-year American Community Survey microdata are out today! 🎉🎉 Use them *right now* in #rstats tidycensus with the `get_pums()` function and the arguments `survey = "acs1"` and `year = 2021` I'll have full 2021 PUMS support (e.g. variable recoding) up on CRAN soon
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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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Yet another stunning article from the talented @noah_arroyo : Yes, S.F. could turn empty downtown offices into housing. Here’s what it would take sfchronicle.com/sf/article/e… via @sfchronicle

Yes, S.F. could turn empty downtown offices into housing. Here’s what it would take

If creating housing from office space is such a good idea, then why hasn’t it happened...

sfchronicle.com
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Bedstuy lost 22K black residents while it gained 30K white residents. Chinatowns built nearly 100 years ago across the nation are being decimated. In NYC, Latinx residents are most likely to be threatened with eviction. As promised,🧵on racialized displacement in NYC
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The legacy of redlining is seen today in #eviction patterns. Our website allows you to overlay 1930's redline zones with eviction rates. In #Indianapolis, many tracts w/ the highest rates of eviction today were rated as "D - Hazardous" or "C - Definitely Declining" in the '30s.
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In #Delaware, #Indiana & #Minnesota, we found 3 things: #eviction filing rates dropped with the CARESAct and local/state/federal moratoria; Black and “Other” renters face the highest eviction rates; eviction rates are now returning to and rising above their pre-pandemic levels.
Indiana eviction rates during the pandemic

ALT Indiana eviction rates during the pandemic

Indiana historical average 2020 to 2022

ALT Indiana historical average 2020 to 2022

Minnesota eviction rates during the pandemic

ALT Minnesota eviction rates during the pandemic

Minnesota historical average 2020 to 2022

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We’re excited to officially launch the Eviction Research Network, a collaborative project based out of @UCBDisplacement! You can read about our work on our website evictionresearch.net/ , including new #pandemic #eviction maps & profiles for #Delaware, #Indiana, & #Minnesota.
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Great to see our @next10 @ced_berkeley report in the NYT this morning! So important to reframe this as a land use issue. nytimes.com/interactive/2022…
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Hypothesis: this is what happens when you combine emptynesting demographics with "tall and sprawl" development...
Jeff Allen @[email protected]@JeffAllenMaps23 Aug 2022
today's map: % change in population by neighbourhood in Toronto (1996 to 2021) @UofTCities
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Analysis of Downtown Recoveries Reveals Post-Pandemic Winners and Losers planetizen.com/news/2022/08/…

Analysis of Downtown Recoveries Reveals Post-Pandemic Winners and Losers

The recovery of U.S. downtowns is happening at widely different paces depending on which city you consider.

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Excited to see our latest @UCBDisplacement study out! Website at downtownrecovery.com and thanks to Michael Leong, Dan Huang, Hannah Moore, @LauraSchmahmann, and the rest of our brilliant student team!
Sustainable Bay Area@abetterbayarea30 Jul 2022
Just one factor differentiates downtown San Francisco from the others: its lack of economic diversity. San Francisco has become overly specialized. @ucberkeley @CalSGC @ABAGSFBayArea sfchronicle.com/opinion/open… via @sfchronicle @profchapple

Why downtown S.F.’s COVID-19 pandemic recovery is dead last in the nation

One key factor differentiates downtown San Francisco from other cities.

sfchronicle.com
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Another great🧵(including our @ucbdisplacement studies) by the careful empiricist @IDoTheThinking @MoreNeighbours
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We just released a custom #displacement risk report for #saltlakecity as part of the first phase of the #thrivinginplace.org study (1/5) urban-displacement.github.io…
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