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Juan Pablo Garnham
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Eviction Diversion: Preventing Eviction Before Going to Court

With federal eviction prevention measures removed and cash benefits like expanded unemployment ending, local and state eviction diversion programs could be key to address a national crisis.

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Jasmine Rangel, Jacob Haas, Emily …
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Preliminary Analysis: 11 months of the CDC Moratorium

We take a look back at the CDC moratorium to better understand who it protected and which groups have remained at risk of eviction.

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The Eviction Lab
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Questions and answers about evictions

With most COVID-19 aid now in the rearview mirror, eviction filings are once again reaching, or even surpassing, pre-pandemic levels in cities across the country. As many tenants are left to navigate an eviction with few protections, we …

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Olivia Jin, Emily Lemmerman, Peter …
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Neighborhoods with Highest Eviction Filing Rates have Lowest Levels of COVID-19 Vaccination

Where do vaccination rates stand in neighborhoods that have seen most eviction filings during the pandemic? We found a pattern of higher eviction filing rates in neighborhoods with lower vaccination rates in every jurisdiction for which we …

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Lavar Edmonds, Peter Hepburn, Olivia …
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Eviction Prevalence and Spatial Variation Within the Houston Independent School District

Residential mobility affects children’s education, generally for the worse. Forced mobility—involuntary moves over which residents have little or no control—has the potential to be more disruptive, and thus more detrimental to children’s …

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Lori Teresa Yearwood
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A $9-an-hour port-a-potty job helped her escape homelessness. Now she watches others struggle.

Dawn Woudenberg witnesses the pain on Salt Lake City’s streets working across from the homeless shelter where she used to sleep.

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