Eviction Lab

“It is worse than I thought — it’s worse than I think many people will have expected.” New research from Eviction Lab shows precisely how many adults and children are evicted each year (paper coming soon). By The New York Times' Emily Badger, Claire Cain Miller and Alicia P. https://lnkd.in/gTseZgpc

“[In rural areas] when you are evicted, you might have no idea where to turn,” our lab director Carl Gershenson said in the Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison's podcast. https://lnkd.in/e7zNcazU

“Right now, if tenants really insist on repairs being made, or if they withhold rent for repairs not being made, which is tenants’ legal right to do, then they often get non-renewed.” https://lnkd.in/eurt8UuF Via WSKG Public Media

“Increasing rents have made it difficult for a lot of households in many areas, and you can see that reflected in the eviction filing increases,” our research specialist Jacob Haas told The Wall Street Journal's Will Parker https://lnkd.in/eE_KBf_m

“Tenants in crisis are mostly stuck calling the police, who rarely take action against property owners who may have broken the law.” By Business Insider's Cecilia Reyes. https://lnkd.in/egZszesi

“If reading his nightmarish exposé of a system in which race and poverty are shamelessly weaponized and eviction costs less than accountability feels like outrage fuel, it’s prescriptive, too; to look away would be its own kind of crime,” The New York Times on Matthew Desmond's "Evicted" — named one of the best 100 books in the 21st century. https://lnkd.in/embM5ZX2 

“Millions of people are struggling to stay in their homes or find housing in the first place, and this will not improve without government action.” https://lnkd.in/e7qxZV3P By PolicyLink's Jasmine Rangel Via Smart Cities Dive

“Nearly half of renters (49%) [surveyed] and 33% of homeowners had difficulty paying their rent or mortgage payments over the past 12 months.” via Bipartisan Policy Center https://lnkd.in/euC_uq6X

“This is the exact type of agreement that the Legislature was trying to prevent from happening, in recognition of the landlord’s upper hand in an eviction case.” Via: Washington State Standard https://lnkd.in/eJ_QXaA9 

“We found a strong difference between large, professionally managed properties and landlords with small portfolios. They operate their screening approaches differently in ways that have a complicated and interesting set of outcomes for tenants.” https://lnkd.in/e64-JDaK