Cleveland Fed launches new effort to measure eviction filings in 63 US jurisdictions

Evictions are a serious risk for households facing job loss and economic upheaval during the COVID-19 pandemic. To understand how the crisis is affecting evictions, weekly eviction data are now being updated and charted regularly on the Cleveland Fed’s website.

The expanded data captures weekly eviction filing counts for 63 jurisdictions across the US, representing approximately 13 percent of renter households in the country. The new data allows users to examine individual jurisdictions’ year-over-year change in eviction filings, and the change in filing activity by eviction policy type. These data will help policymakers understand how evictions are affected by changing local, state, and national policy, including the recent eviction moratorium issued by the CDC.

“Between August 15 and August 21, average eviction filings fell to 64.7 percent below their levels one year ago in the cities and counties that currently have no blanket eviction bans in place,” says the author. “Average eviction filings in places with hearing bans only fell to 49.4 percent below their levels one year ago, while filings in places with at least a filing ban fell to 89.6 percent below their levels one year prior.”

To learn more about the methods used to develop the expanded data, and to read an in-depth analysis of policy effects on eviction filings, see Measuring Evictions during the COVID-19 Crisis.

View the current data here.

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland is one of 12 regional Reserve Banks that along with the Board of Governors in Washington DC comprise the Federal Reserve System. Part of the US central bank, the Cleveland Fed participates in the formulation of our nation’s monetary policy, supervises banking organizations, provides payment and other services to financial institutions and to the US Treasury, and performs many activities that support Federal Reserve operations System-wide. In addition, the Bank supports the well-being of communities across the Fourth Federal Reserve District through a wide array of research, outreach, and educational activities.

The Cleveland Fed, with branches in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, serves an area that comprises Ohio, western Pennsylvania, eastern Kentucky, and the northern panhandle of West Virginia.

Media contact

Doug Campbell, doug.campbell@clev.frb.org, 513.218.1892