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Do you want to understand what’s going on with eviction in your region? Use this worksheet to understand your data, your dynamics, and what’s possible to prevent evictions.
Does your region have a problem with informal or illegal evictions, that happen outside of court? This new report from New America can help you understand how to measure what is happening in your community.
The National League of Cities and the Legal Design Lab have a new report out: Eviction Prevention: A Guide for Local Governments. This report was released in January…
The Nevada State Bar has established an Eviction Mediation Program to get more free mediators available to landlords and tenants who are facing problems. The program provides extensive training, resources, and support to volunteers working to resolve people’s cases.
The Track Milwaukee Evictions website has gathered data about local eviction filings, court outcomes, neighborhood risk, and housing code violations. They present the data fields & visualizations to show how the eviction system works locally — and who is most at risk.
This 2021 report on Emergency Rental Assistance Programs’ best practices and effective strategies can help agencies looking to make a more effective rent help program.
Texas groups have set up an eviction Court Watch program, to track how eviction laws are actually being carried out on the ground.
The city of Portland, Oregon has a rental registry that tracks where rental homes are, that collects $60 fees from landlords, and that maps out strategic data to improve government services and legal protections.
Ohio cities like Toledo, Dayton, and Cincinnati have passed new laws to give tenants a new affirmative defense if they are sued for eviction. This new protection is often called Pay to Stay, because it lets tenants pay back the rent and fees they owe to their landlord in order to stay in their home.
In Philadelphia, the housing team has used federal funds to build a smarter, more flexible technical system to improve their ERAP applications.