Eviction Lab

06/04/2026

“Everybody recognizes that this should not be a millstone around the average South Carolinian’s neck.”

In South Carolina, an eviction would stay on your record forever. This new law erases it from the public index after seven years.

06/03/2026

“Combined, these properties were responsible for nearly 10,000 eviction filings — or around a third of the 27,658 evictions filed in Shelby County in 2025.”

Pieces of a broken globe sit on a sidewalk at Greenbrook at Shelby Farms. Photo by Kevin Wurm / MLK50 / CatchLight Local / Report for America The sprawling Greenbrook at Shelby Farms apartment comp…

06/02/2026

"Until we can get someone housed, we can't get them a job. So everybody, no matter what their focus was, it was about housing.”

Via: WFYI

The program hopes that by hiring people who have been involved with the justice system, they can help their peers navigate the challenge of finding housing with a criminal record.

06/01/2026

“People have lost everything. This is how to destroy people.”

Via: Miami Herald

“We need him to actually do his job,” one resident said of Miami Commissioner Ralph Rosado.

05/29/2026

“If he cleans out the building, it will be a hotel — not an SRO. Even though this may be technically legal, it goes against the need for affordable housing.”

Via: The City Reporter

Sporting a duct-taped leg brace, a retired Hell’s Kitchen electrician battles alleged harassment as a landlord converts his SRO building into a tourist hotel.

05/28/2026

Mobile homes are one of the last affordable housing options in the country but what happens when that stability is lost?

A new documentary by reporter Yana Kunichoff for and examines the growing pressures facing mobile home communities and the people left with nowhere else to go.

Watch the full documentary at azluminaria.org or news.azpm.org

05/28/2026

“People are struggling to pay the bills, struggling to pay the rent, struggling just to keep their family fed and clothed.”

https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/maricopa-county-trying-help-tenants-avoid-getting-evicted-phoenix-arizona/75-36462a0d-7d10-41c1-ae5b-d3f5f97c7829

05/27/2026

“The new policy would affect many tenants who rely on assistance animals to alleviate psychiatric or mental disabilities.”

Via: The New York Times

Housing officials were told to exclude emotional support animals and tighten the definition of a service animal when granting accommodations for disabled tenants.

05/25/2026

“An overly aggressive enforcement response to individuals experiencing homelessness undermines our shared goal of eliminating street sleeping.”

Service providers launched a new initiative in South Dallas to provide apartments to people in encampments, but that didn't stop police from making arrests.

05/22/2026

“Few people actually know about the law… If you had an eviction 20 years ago or 10 years ago, you may not be paying attention.”

The idea behind the law is to let tenants wipe the slate clean from certain evictions and not have those cases present obstacles to renting an apartment, securing a mortgage to buy a home, or finding employment.