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‘It was humiliating.’ Evictions in these cities are worse than before Covid
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‘It was humiliating.’ Evictions in these cities are worse than before Covid
A toxic mix of surging rental rates and vanishing support for renters has catapulted evictions above pre-pandemic levels in some major cities. Evictions have increased most significantly in Sun Belt cities where housing affordability has worsened and where renters often have fewer protections. Tenant eviction filings are well above the pre-Covid average in Gainesville, Florida (+46%); Las Vegas (+43%); Houston (+42%); Phoenix (+35%), Nashville (+31%) and Fort Worth, Texas (+25%), according to records tracked by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Other cities, including Minneapolis (+44%) and Columbus, Ohio (+37%), are also experiencing higher levels of evictions than before the pandemic. Three-quarters of the 34 cities tracked by the Eviction Lab had evictions increase between 2022 and 2023. More than half are above pre-pandemic levels. The vast majority of evictions are for issues related to nonpayment of rent, according to the Eviction Lab.