Eviction Moratoria: Most Populous United States Cities, 2020-2023 (ICPSR 39499)
Version Date: Sep 29, 2025 View help for published
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Emily Benfer, Wake Forest University;
Robert Koehler, Columbia University
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR39499.v1
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Researchers employed longitudinal policy surveillance to comprehensively describe local responses to the eviction crisis resulting from the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and continuing through the end of substantive local intervention. The study examined all cities with over 250,000 residents and, for states where no city had at least 250,000 residents, the two largest cities located in each such state. The study relied on an exhaustive collection of all emergency orders and legislation that controlled the eviction process or related to protections under federal moratoria that were issued by local actors, including executive officials, legislative bodies, and the courts, between March 13, 2020 and March 1, 2023. Researchers created a time series cross-sectional dataset that tracked changes in local jurisdictions' eviction moratoria over time. For a complete description of the variables tracked, please see the codebook included with the dataset.
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