Juan Pablo Garnham
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More than 200,000 rural families face an eviction every year

Most research to date has focused on the impact of eviction on cities and suburbs. Our new paper documents the many families in rural counties facing eviction every year, a crisis disproportionately affecting Black communities.

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Nick Graetz, Peter Hepburn, Carl …
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Eviction was a Deadly Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic

While many groups experienced higher-than-normal rates of death during the pandemic, the excess mortality of renters threatened with eviction was ten times higher than that of the general population.

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Juan Pablo Garnham, Carl Gershenson, …
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When Fracking Comes to Town, Evictions Follow

An oil boom in Williams County, ND brought prosperity for many. But it also brought suffering, as many residents saw the cost of living grow faster than their income.

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Nick Graetz, Carl Gershenson, and …
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Rising Rents and Evictions Linked to Premature Death

We analyzed millions of records to understand the direct link between rent burden, eviction, and mortality. Our research shows that rising rent costs and evictions have important consequences for the risk of premature death.

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Nick Graetz, Carl Gershenson, Peter …
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Who is Evicted in America

Through a groundbreaking collaboration with the U.S. Census Bureau, we are able to demonstrate, for the first time, the sheer number of people facing the threat of eviction, the scale of racial/ethnic disparities in eviction risk, and the …

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Peter Hepburn, Renee Louis, and Matthew …
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Gentrification’s Role in the Eviction Crisis

One of the fiercest debates in sociology and urban studies has concerned the nature of gentrification. Analyzing eviction in cities across the country, we show that eviction rates were lower and decreasing faster in gentrifying areas.

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Lillian Leung, Peter Hepburn, James …
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Public Housing and the Threat of Eviction

Public housing authorities (PHAs) are responsible for a disproportionate share of eviction cases in many cities across the U.S. In an article published in Social Service Review, we take a closer look at these dynamics.

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Danya Keene, Whitney Denary, Annie …
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In Their Own Words: How Tenants Experienced Eviction Moratoria

We examine what moratoria meant to renters, how they shaped their well-being and housing security, how racism shaped policy effects, and how these experiences varied across different policy landscapes.

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Henry Gomory, Douglas S. Massey, James …
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When it’s cheap to file an eviction case, tenants pay the price

We wanted to understand how these filing fees affected eviction patterns. We found that higher filing fees lead to lower eviction rates, and that effects are largest for renters in majority-Black neighborhoods.

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Henry Gomory and Matthew Desmond
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Extractive landlord strategies: How the private rental market creates crime hot spots

In addition to fostering housing insecurity and creating hazardous living conditions for their tenants, landlords who rely on extractive strategies make their properties and neighborhoods less safe.

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