Eviction is often seen as a city problem. This overlooks what’s going on outside of inner cities, leaving us blind to eviction patterns in suburban areas.
In Indianapolis, like many American cities, the long shadow of segregation continues to punish Black neighborhoods—to the disproportionate benefit of white landlords.
Nearly 60 percent of U.S. college students reported struggling to meet basic needs—including food and housing—during the past year, with Black and Latinx students both more likely to need aid and less likely to get it.
Over the last two years, the federal government intervened in the eviction crisis in a serious and unprecedented way. Our data show that that intervention has paid off.
In this brief, we use data from our Eviction Tracking System, which monitors eviction filings in 31 cities and 6 states across the country, to examine what has happened after the Supreme Court’s decision.
