Pennsylvania

The state of Pennsylvania enacted a strong eviction moratorium that extended until August 31, 2020. Eviction filings related to nonpayment of rent were not accepted during that period. Filings increased following the end of the moratorium.

Our state-wide counts of eviction filings are slight underestimates when compared to the official Pennsylvania court data dashboard.

More detail on eviction protections in Pennsylvania can be found on the COVID-19 Housing Policy Scorecard. Additional information is available on eviction filing patterns in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia

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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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* 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 Pennsylvania were around historical averages in January and February 2020.1 Filings fell by March and April 2020 but began increasing in September 2020 after the expiration of the state-wide moratorium.

  1. Eviction filing data were collected by Legal Services Corporation. Historical averages cover the years 2016-2019. Additional data was provided by Lancaster Stands Up.

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The geography of changes in eviction filings

Pennsylvania is divided into 67 counties. In each of those counties, 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 were collected by Legal Services Corporation. Historical averages cover the years 2016-2019. Additional data was provided by Lancaster Stands Up.
  2. County breakdown of renter race/ethnicity determined using American Community Survey (ACS) estimates for 2015–2019.