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COVID-19 Housing Policy Scorecard Methodology

To prevent the deleterious health consequences of eviction and an escalating economic crisis during the COVID-19 outbreak, U.S. states are beginning to pursue strategies to ensure safe, decent, and stable housing during and after the …

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National Estimates: Eviction in America

NOTE (April 2023): In July 2022, new research allowed us to improve our data gathering and add two more years of eviction data. We recommend you use our updated data for any analysis, which you can find here. To learn more about our new …

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Our Methodology Report

In recent years, renters’ housing costs have far outpaced their incomes, driving a nationwide affordability crisis. Current data from the American Housing Survey show that most poor renting families spend at least 50 percent of their income …

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A Note to Researchers

As mentioned in our Welcome blog post, we’re offering the full Eviction Lab dataset to enable research on housing, eviction, and inequality in America. If you use Eviction Lab data, please let us know! Share your findings with us by …

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