Eviction filings are rising in these US cities

Eviction filings are on the rise in some US cities, according to data collected by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. The lab published the first dataset on eviction filings in the US going back to 2000, which is based on (pdf) tens of millions of public state and county records. Rising costs of living are affecting Americans across the US, while stock of affordable real estate remains low.

Cities with the most eviction filings since March 2020 include New York City, which tops the list at 254,828 eviction filings, according to the data. The large number is also because the population of NYC is greater than other cities. There are 2,177,959 renter households in NYC, paying a typical rent of $1,640 per month. A state-wide moratorium prevented landlords from filing eviction cases during the covid pandemic but expired in January 2022.