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Emily A. Benfer, Peter Hepburn, Valerie …

April 25, 2025

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 …

April 24, 2025

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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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Peter Hepburn, Danny Grubbs-Donovan, and …

April 22, 2024

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Preliminary Analysis: Eviction Filing Patterns in 2023

As the United States moves past the COVID-19 pandemic, low-income renters face a deeply inhospitable housing market. We investigate how this affected eviction rates in 2023.

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Juan Pablo Garnham

February 28, 2024

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More than 200,000 rural families face an eviction every year

Most research to date has focused on the impact of eviction on cities and suburbs. Our new paper documents the many families in rural counties facing eviction every year, a crisis disproportionately affecting Black communities.

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Nick Graetz, Peter Hepburn, Carl …

February 20, 2024

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Eviction was a Deadly Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic

While many groups experienced higher-than-normal rates of death during the pandemic, the excess mortality of renters threatened with eviction was ten times higher than that of the general population.

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Juan Pablo Garnham, Carl Gershenson, …

January 9, 2024

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When Fracking Comes to Town, Evictions Follow

An oil boom in Williams County, ND brought prosperity for many. But it also brought suffering, as many residents saw the cost of living grow faster than their income.

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Nick Graetz, Carl Gershenson, and …

December 13, 2023

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Rising Rents and Evictions Linked to Premature Death

We analyzed millions of records to understand the direct link between rent burden, eviction, and mortality. Our research shows that rising rent costs and evictions have important consequences for the risk of premature death.

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Nick Graetz, Carl Gershenson, Peter …

October 3, 2023

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Who is Evicted in America

Through a groundbreaking collaboration with the U.S. Census Bureau, we are able to demonstrate, for the first time, the sheer number of people facing the threat of eviction, the scale of racial/ethnic disparities in eviction risk, and the …

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Peter Hepburn, Renee Louis, and Matthew …

October 2, 2023

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Gentrification’s Role in the Eviction Crisis

One of the fiercest debates in sociology and urban studies has concerned the nature of gentrification. Analyzing eviction in cities across the country, we show that eviction rates were lower and decreasing faster in gentrifying areas.

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Lillian Leung, Peter Hepburn, James …

August 26, 2023

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Public Housing and the Threat of Eviction

Public housing authorities (PHAs) are responsible for a disproportionate share of eviction cases in many cities across the U.S. In an article published in Social Service Review, we take a closer look at these dynamics.

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