Eviction Archives

03.15.2024 residential housing

Promoting Housing Stability: Eviction Prediction

Helping the unhoused population requires not only finding stable housing for those without shelter, but also keeping people from losing their homes in the first place.

Fellow Sean Hagan

05.26.2023 woman in front of window looks down at pregnant belly

The Cost of Eviction

Pregnant people facing eviction had a higher risk of both low birth weight and preterm birth, with Black women experiencing the highest risk.

Fellow Kara Schmidt

04.14.2023 strip of homes in a city

Eviction Solutions Require Cross-Sector Policy

Since 2021, most COVID-related eviction moratoria have lifted, and the pace of evictions—and their consequences—has picked up as a result.

Guest Authors Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Diana Cutts, Allison Bovell-Ammon

02.27.2023 a graph showing the number of different sizes of data

Sky-high Rents

Rent stabilization not only helps families save money, it also prevents them from becoming rent-burdened, which limits their ability to afford food, transportation, and other essential needs.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

07.20.2022 a building with red fire escape

Evicting Health

Eviction affects health care coverage and use in the short term, and may have longer term implications.

Fellow Hannah Tremont

06.24.2022 a city with a bridge and a river

Evictions Matter for Neighborhood Health

Researchers examined associations between neighborhood-level eviction filing rates and self-rated mental health status.

Guest Author Courtnee Melton-Fant

04.04.2022 a graph of a number of people with red and blue bars

Eviction Risk Higher for LGBT Adults

The graph provides a snapshot comparing home ownership between LGBT and cisgender straight individuals.

Fellow Bethany Hallenborg

10.28.2021 Person packing boxes

Why Losing Your Home Might Lead to Intimate Partner Violence

Intimate partner violence was a consequence of the drastic changes experienced in neighborhoods during the foreclosure crisis.

Guest Authors Danielle Wallace, Alyssa Chamberlain, Deirdre Pfeiffer

05.03.2021 envelope with eviction notice

Housing Policy & Health Equity During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Pandemic-related financial hardship has created an extreme eviction and housing crisis among low-income and predominantly minority communities already economically marginalized and experiencing high levels of Covid-19 infection and death.

Guest Authors Emily Benfer, Gregg Gonsalves, Danya Keene, David Vlahov

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