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How Effective Were National, State, and Local Eviction Moratoria? Accessible Data
Figure 1. Temporal Coverage of Eviction Moratoria
Figure shows the date that each city’s local eviction moratorium entered in force and when it expired by virtue of the orange bar length. Smaller dark gray bars denote start and end of statewide eviction moratoria for the state in which each city is located. Two cities did not enact a local moratorium: Phoenix, AZ and Albuquerque, NM. The purple lines denote the start (March 27th, 2020) and end (August 23rd, 2020) of the CARES Act moratorium. The blue dashed lines denote the start (September 4th, 2020) and end (August 26th, 2021) of the CDC moratorium.
Note: The figure shows the periods in which eviction moratoria were in force across the 31 U.S cities and their respective states for which eviction filing data are publicly available (Phoenix, AZ, and Albuquerque, NM, did not enact a local moratorium)
Sources: Princeton Eviction Lab and Congressional Research Service.
Figure 2. Eviction Filings over Time by Moratorium Duration
Figure shows the rate of eviction filings (new filings per 100,000 renting households per week) for three groups of cities. The first group labeled “Long”, red dashed line, consists of the following cities whose moratoria lasted until mid or late 2021: Austin, TX and Philadelphia, PA. The second group labeled “Short”, solid black line, consists of all other cities (listed in Figure 1) in the sample that enacted an eviction moratorium. The final group labeled “None”, black dashed line, consists of those cities that did not enact any eviction moratorium at the municipal level (listed in Figure 1). Series are smoothed via four-week moving averages. The purple lines denote the start (March 27th, 2020) and end (August 23rd, 2020) of the CARES Act moratorium. The blue lines denote the start (September 4th, 2020) and end (August 26th, 2021) of the CDC moratorium.
Sources: Princeton Eviction Lab and Congressional Research Service.
Figure 3. Eviction Filings vs. Moratorium Length by City
Figure plots the ratio of total eviction filings to the historical baseline vs. the percent of the sample period covered by a local eviction moratorium for each city, along with a linear trend line (orange). Larger dots indicate that a particular city has a higher number of households that rent. There is a negative (downward left to right) association.
Note: The figure shows the ratio of total eviction filings over 2020 and 2021 to the historical baseline for cities in the sample plotted against the percent of the time period covered by an eviction moratorium in each city. Dots are sized according to the number of renting households in each city. Fitted line (red) uses number of renting households as weights.
Sources: Princeton Eviction Lab, Eviction Tracking System and U.S. Census Bureau.