New Mexico

RENTER HOUSEHOLDS: 252,353

Eviction filings in New Mexico fell sharply in early 2020. While eviction filings and hearings were allowed to proceed, on March 24, 2020, the New Mexico Supreme Court implemented a stay on the execution of writs for nonpayment of rent. This order remained in effect until early 2022.

More detail on eviction protections in New Mexico can be found on the COVID-19 Housing Policy Scorecard.

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Eviction Filings By Week

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Weekly Filings

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Filings Trend

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Local Moratorium

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CDC Order

* Filings in the last week may be undercounted as a result of processing delays. These counts will be revised in the following week.

Changes in eviction filings

Eviction filings in New Mexico were about average in January and February of 2020.1 Filings fell far below historical averages in April 2020.

  1. Data for New Mexico are provided by the New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts. Historical averages cover 2017-2019.

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The geography of changes in eviction filings

New Mexico is divided into 33 counties. In each, 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 county—or compared to the typical number of filings in the average year.1 2

  1. Eviction filing data for Bernalillo County are provided by the New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts. Historical averages cover 2017-2019.
  2. County breakdown of renter race/ethnicity determined using American Community Survey (ACS) estimates for 2015–2019.