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Keeping People in Their Homes: The Impact of Emergency Rental Assistance on Evictions

Analyzes the efficacy of federal government eviction assistance during Covid-19. HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) funded.

Bay Area Housing Precarity Risk Model

Interactive mapping tool visualizing neighborhoods at highest risk of eviction and economic displacement in the Bay Area.

The Housing Precarity Risk Model: Forecasting Eviction Risk Post-Pandemic

Shows a conservative estimate of which communities are at risk of post-pandemic eviction, displacement, and long-term poverty.

Washington State Eviction Filings

Analysis of Washington state evictions by county.

Oregon Eviction Filings

Analysis of Oregon state evictions by county.

Racial Disparities in Oregon State Eviction Filings: Quarter 1, 2024 Report

Finds eviction filings in Oregon at historic high and racial disparities are the widest recorded, disproportionately affecting Black and Latinx renters.

Eviction for Children During the Pandemic

Contribution to an advisory report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine addressing the multi-faceted impact of COVID-19 on children and families, housing precarity being a significant risk factor.

San Diego Anti-Displacement Study Existing Conditions Report

An application of modeling to understand degree of displacement risk in neighborhoods throughout San Diego.

Urban Displacement Project’s Salt Lake City Displacement Data Analysis

Modeling application to understand degree of displacement risk in neighborhoods throughout Salt Lake City.

Rental Eviction and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Averting a Looming Crisis

Methods to reduce rental housing instability and evictions from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.

Minnesota Eviction Filings

Analysis of Minnesota state evictions.

Indiana Eviction Filings

Analysis of Indiana state evictions.

Dayton, Ohio Eviction Filings

Analysis of Dayton, Ohio evictions by census tract.

Delaware Eviction Filings

Analysis of Delaware state evictions by census tract.

U.S. Eviction Filing Patterns in 2020

Analyzes U.S. eviction court records during 2020 to show that pandemic-era eviction moratoria significantly reduced filings, but that filings rebounded when protections lapsed, disproportionately affecting Black and female renters.

The Urban Displacement Replication Project

Presents a standardized methodolgy for analyzing urban displacement patterns, gentrification, and exclusion across U.S. cities, designed to be replicable. Incorperates more nuanced classification system and risk factors (such as housing costs, demographics, and market pressures).

Sensitive Communities in California: Mapping Vulnerability and Displacement Pressure

Mapping tool identifing sensitive communities in California through a combination of social vulnerability (low-income, people of color, rent burden) and market pressures (rising rent and rent gaps) to spotlight areas at risk of displacesment. It finds roughly 27% of census tracts are sensitive, concentrated in communities of color and renter-heavy neighborhoods.

Baltimore Eviction Risk Map

Map of Baltimore, Maryland eviction risk by census tract.

The State of Evictions: Results from the University of Washington Evictions Project

Finds Washington evictions were widespread and racially unequal before the pandemic, Black renters and women disproportionately affected amid rising rents and declining affordable housing.