The Eviction Lab at Princeton University creates data, interactive tools, and research to help neighbors and policymakers understand the eviction crisis.
The Eviction Lab at Princeton University creates data, interactive tools, and research to help neighbors and policymakers understand the eviction crisis.
Our research explores topics such as the consequences of eviction, landlords and rental markets, and zoning, and offers tools to address the eviction crisis.
Nationwide, 3.6 million evictions were filed in 2018 against 2.7 million unique households.
Every year, 7.6 million individual renters are threatened with eviction, many of them children.
Nearly one-third of all evictions filed in 2014 were repeated cases against the same household at the same address.
How is the eviction crisis affecting your community? Find out with our newly updated map, which now covers all 50 U.S. states & D.C. using data from 2000 to 2018.
July 26, 2026
Eviction court records are public, permanent, and easily misinterpreted, yet they can brand a renter for life. We examine the "Scarlet E" and the policies that could help prevent a single filing from destroying a family's housing prospects for good.
See our list of over 700 organizations that offer housing assistance, legal aid, and more.
