{"id":4638,"date":"2021-10-14T14:44:05","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T14:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affordablehousingonline.com\/blog\/?p=4638"},"modified":"2021-10-14T14:44:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T14:44:09","slug":"eviction-hotspots-found-in-most-cities-before-and-during-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/affordablehousingonline.com\/blog\/eviction-hotspots-found-in-most-cities-before-and-during-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Eviction hotspots found in most cities before and during the pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Blair Arch at Princeton University.
The Eviction Lab at Princeton tracks evictions in several states.
Photo \u00a9 Jon Niola at https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/jniola\/<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Research at Princeton University shows that a large portion of eviction filings are made by just a few landlords in a handful of buildings.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, most cities have neighborhoods that account for the largest share of eviction filings, both before and during the pandemic. Black renters continue to face eviction at rates higher than their numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This discovery was reported by a Princeton research team called the Eviction Lab, which maintains an Eviction Tracking System (ETS)<\/a>. The ETS tracks evictions in several states and about a dozen representative cities around the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eviction data for these places is updated regularly. Eviction Lab researchers can often make national projections about the number of evictions and the effects of different eviction protections because their sample is very representative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Eviction Lab also maps eviction numbers and rates by neighborhood in selected cities. They are able to map eviction filings down to the Census tract, and even to particular apartment buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researchers at the Eviction Lab found that a small number of buildings owned by a few landlords accounted for a large portion of evictions in most cities. In a presentation on a September, 2021 National Low-Income Housing Coalition webinar<\/a>, the researchers highlighted eviction numbers from Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top building for evictions in Houston had 215 eviction filings during the pandemic. The top 100 buildings for evictions accounted for almost 1-in-5 eviction filings (18.5%) during the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eight cities tracked by the Eviction Lab had more than 25% of eviction filings come from the top 100 buildings during the pandemic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n