Improving America’s Eviction Data
Channel: New America
Date: 13/05/2021

Nearly 3 million Americans are evicted each year, and experts estimate that number may grow tenfold due to the economic fallout of COVID-19. Yet, in the midst of an unprecedented national eviction crisis, data about evictions is so poor that we don’t know who is losing their homes where, and how to focus aid and outreach. One third of all U.S. counties lack annual eviction figures, to say nothing of information on which neighborhood evictions are happening in, how eviction rates change over time, and who is most at risk.

To solve America’s eviction crisis, we need better data.

Please join New America, the National League of Cities and Stanford Legal Design Lab to probe the challenges of poor eviction data, showcase what happens when we have this data, and chart a path towards improving our local and national eviction data systems.

This event accompanies the release of Recommendations for Creating National and Local Data Systems, developed jointly and co-signed by New America, National League of Cities, Stanford Legal Design Lab, Eviction Lab, National Low Income Housing Coalition, January Advisors, the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation, UNC Greensboro’s Center for Housing and Community Studies, and the Civil Justice Data Commons at Georgetown Law School.

Agenda

Introduction
Why is eviction data so bad, and why does it matter?

New America, National League of Cities, Stanford Legal Design Lab
Keynote: From Recommendations to Implementation
What needs to happen to operationalize these data system recommendations? What are the challenges and opportunities?

Moderator: Margaret Darin Hagan, Director, Legal Design Lab at Stanford Law School
DJ Patil, former U.S. Chief Data Scientist in Obama Administration
Cecilia Muñoz, Senior Advisor at New America and former Director of the Domestic Policy Council in Obama Administration
Fireside Chats: What Happens with Good Eviction Data?
Short conversations between creators + users of eviction data in cities across the U.S.

Houston, Texas: Jeff Reichman, January Advisors and Jen Rice, Houston Public Media
Orlando, Florida: Caitlin Augustin, DataKind and Frank Wells, Bright Community Trust
Connecticut: Peter Hepburn, Eviction Lab and Salmun Kazerounian, Connecticut Fair Housing Center


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