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The Eviction Lab is helping neighbors and policymakers understand the eviction crisis. Follow us for the latest housing research + news. RT ≠ endorsement.
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“The two nonprofits built the database using information from government data sources, and it can give you a good idea of whether your apartment is covered.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/r... via @nytimes.com #housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism

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“You’re nervous. You’re scared. You’re worried” Via: @azcentral.com www.azcentral.com/st...

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"It ensures that one difficult chapter doesn’t define someone’s future, and it opens the door to safe, stable housing for so many.” Via: @boston.com www.boston.com/news/...

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Join our founder, Matthew Desmond, today for a hybrid conversation with @cunygcsociology.bsky.social on why U.S. antipoverty spending has increased but results have lagged. Register here: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/accom...

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“We have tons of people getting evicted where we probably could mediate and keep people in their places and also get landlords that back rent."  Via: @kgou.org www.kgou.org/politic...

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"If the court does not award judgment against the tenant, including those costs, landlords are not entitled to collect.” By: @businessinsider.com www.businessinsider.... #housing+ #urbanism #urbanism+

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🚨 NEW: A groundbreaking database from the Eviction Lab, the Housing Initiative at Penn, and the Urban Displacement Project reveals how $46B in emergency rental aid was distributed by states, counties and cities. evictionlab.org/pandemic-ren...

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“This community has nowhere to go but the next public area.” By: @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025... #housing+ #urbanism #urbanism+

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“Eviction sealing is so important. Think about having something happen in your life many, many years ago, and an eviction can continue to haunt you many years after that.” Via: @wgbh.org www.wgbh.org/news/ho... #housing+ #urbanism #urbanism+

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“It’s ... worth reminding people that 40% of the people at risk of losing their homes through the eviction process are kids. And they’re in that situation through nothing that they themselves did,” Eviction Lab’s Peter Hepburn said to @masslive.bsky.social and @apnews.com. www.masslive.com/wes...

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“We know that there are many people out there dealing with the same thing.” www.news4jax.com/new... By @news4jax.com #housing+ #urbanism #urbanism+

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“Access to counsel provides a really important return on investment.” www.independent.com/... By @sbindependent.bsky.social #housing+ #urbanism #urbanism+

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ICYMI: Nearly 3 million children face eviction each year. What does that do to their education? Our researchers investigated the impact in our new study. 🎒 evictionlab.org/evic...

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“When the rest of the public dollars are dwindling, when we’re facing these recessionary pre-pressures, philanthropy can come in and kind of be that rock against which the waves are breaking.” www.bloomberg.com/ne... By: @bloomberg.com's City Lab #housing+ #urbanism #urbanism+

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“Echoing other suits against RealPage, New Jersey accused the company and landlords of colluding to set rents for apartments statewide based on the company’s algorithmic pricing software.” www.multifamilydive.... via: Multifamily Dive #housing+ #urbanism #urbanism+

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“Public housing, to me, has always been a community… It’s been a lifeline.” www.bloomberg.com/ne... By @bloomberg.com's City Lab #housing+ #urbanism #urbanism+

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“This building really does have our roots… And like we say, deep roots don’t move.” lapublicpress.org/2025/04/the-... By @lapublicpress.bsky.social's @reporterliz.bsky.social

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“You need a lawyer to help you unwind all of these things… It’s like two steps away from homelessness as opposed to being evicted.” www.sfpublicpress.org/eviction-rat... By @sfpublicpress.bsky.social's @mildobserver.bsky.social #housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism

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Want to give tenants a fair chance at housing in your city? A new free learning series will teach you how to design and implement policies that prevent the harms of eviction records and tenant screening practices. results4america.org/tenant-scree... #housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism

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“By giving tenants a few more days of notice, we're creating a more balanced process that can help prevent families from falling through the cracks.” www.fox23.com/news/ok-gove... #housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism

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“[Right-to-counsel programs] can mean that tenants really have a chance to contest these cases, that they have a chance to tell their side of the story,” our researcher Peter Hepburn told @law360.bsky.social www.law360.com/articles/233...

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New study❗: Almost three million children face the threat of eviction every year. How does losing their homes impact their school performance? Our researchers explored this challenge. A thread of the main takeaways here 🧵: evictionlab.org/eviction-and...

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“Some tenants say when they bring up this issues with their tenants directly, they are retaliated against.” www.fox2detroit.com/video/1629024 By @laurenedwardstv.bsky.social #housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism

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“Los estudiantes amenazados con un desalojo tienen más probabilidades de terminar en otro distrito o transferirse a otra escuela, a menudo una con menos fondos, mayor pobreza y peores resultados en los exámenes.” Por @apnews.com + @bymoriah.bsky.social apnews.com/article/eeuu...

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“While the majority of the 187 members of the state’s Legislature are property owners, the CT Mirror’s review shows that 35, or 18.7% of lawmakers.” ctmirror.org/2025/04/27/c... By @ctmirror.org's @ginnymonk.bsky.social #housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism

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“Schoolchildren threatened with eviction are more likely to end up in another district or transfer to another school, often one with less funding, more poverty and lower test scores.” Read about our latest research, reported in Houston by @apnews.com's Moriah Balingit. apnews.com/article/evic...

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“Young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 who don’t have a safe and reliable place to stay in Memphis may be able to get assistance through Shelby County’s Youth Navigator Program.” mlk50.com/2025/04/22/a... By @mlk50memphis.bsky.social's @narwhallington.bsky.social and Rebecca Cadenhead

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