The COVID-19 Eviction Defense Project’s Analysis Demonstrates Unprecedented Eviction Risk in U.S.
The COVID-19 Eviction Defense Project conducts data driven analyses to estimate the number of people in renter families who could be at risk of eviction. To date, we have partnered with the Aspen Institute and the Bell Policy Center to issue national and state eviction risk reports.
On August 6 the COVID-19 Eviction Defense Project issued updated eviction risk estimates along with the Aspen Institute, estimating that more than 29 million Americans in 13 million households could be at risk of eviction by the end of the year if conditions do not change. This estimate is based on the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey and conservative assumptions about the acceleration of housing insecurity. The state by state estimates are available below.
We are continually updating our figures and methodology as more data become available.
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