The state of Ohio did not put a general eviction moratorium in place, but courts in Hamilton County (Cincinnati) suspended proceedings between March 19 and June 1, 2020. Eviction filings were accepted throughout this period, but fell since mid-March. Compared to equivalent periods in previous years (2012–2016), eviction filings were down 75% in April and 70% in May, but since then have slowly risen closer to historical averages.
More detail on eviction protections in Ohio can be found on the COVID-19 Housing Policy Scorecard.
* Filings in the last week may be undercounted as a result of processing delays. These counts will be revised in the following week.
Eviction filings in Cincinnati were almost exactly at typical levels in January and February of 2020.1 Filings began to fall in March and were well below average in April and May, but have since risen closer to historical averages.2
Cincinnati is divided into 222 census tracts. In each of those tracts, we map the number of eviction filings over the last four weeks. If you toggle below you can see these numbers as eviction filing rates—the number of eviction filings divided by the number of renter households in the area—or compared to the typical number of filings in the average year.1 2
American Community Survey (ACS) data allow us to categorize neighborhoods by their racial/ethnic majority: White, Black, or Other/None. In January and February 2020, eviction filings were concentrated in neighborhoods in the White and Black categories. By March, eviction filings dropped steeply across all neighborhoods, but have since increased towards historical averages.
When you toggle the figure to see data relative to average, comparisons are being drawn—within the same set of neighborhoods defined by racial/ethnic majority—between filings in 2020-2021 and average filings in 2012–2016.1
