In a typical year, landlords file 3.6 million eviction cases.

The Eviction Lab at Princeton University creates data, interactive tools, and research to help neighbors and policymakers understand the eviction crisis.

In a typical year, landlords file 3.6 million eviction cases.

The Eviction Lab at Princeton University creates data, interactive tools, and research to help neighbors and policymakers understand the eviction crisis.

Comprehensive national data

Map & Data 2.0

How is the eviction crisis affecting your community? Find out with our newly updated map, which now covers all 50 U.S. states & D.C. You can search for your county, compare data across regions, interact with demographic characteristics, and create local reports.

New features include:

Data from 2000 to 2018
Estimated data for every county in all 50 U.S. states & D.C.
New variable: Households threatened with eviction

Eviction Tracking System

See up-to-date maps, charts and data on eviction filings in select cities.

Updated March 4, 2023

Eviction Tracking System

See up-to-date maps, charts and data on eviction filings in select cities.

Updated March 4, 2023

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To reform exclusionary zoning, we first need to document it. Now we have a tool for that.

The U.S. needs more housing—lots of it. We have millions fewer housing units than we need, particularly affordable housing units. This shortfall has devastating impacts, especially for low-income renters.

Preliminary Analysis: Eviction Filing Patterns in 2022 The Growing Risk of Eviction in the Suburbs 2022: The Year We Refused to Go Back to Normal New Data Release Shows that 3.6 Million Eviction Cases were Filed in the United States in 2018 Assessing State Eviction Prevention Policies in Response to COVID-19

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PBS Frontline

Facing Eviction

Why have some American families struggled to keep their homes during the COVID pandemic, despite a federal ban on evictions? Facing Eviction offers an intimate look at the United States’ affordable housing crisis through the eyes of tenants, landlords, judges and law enforcement.

The New Republic

After the Eviction Moratorium

The Utah Investigative Journalism Project

Utah helped landlords, not renters. How that’s changing.

KITV

Eviction cases on the rise as Hawaii tenants struggle to stay in their homes

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Resources

Eviction Rankings

See which cities rank the highest in evictions in the US (data from 2016).

Policies Database

Use our interactive table to get the latest on local, state, and federal policies.

Just Shelter

See our list of over 700 organizations that offer housing assistance, legal aid, and more.

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