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This article comes from our Q1 2024 EDDP report, which you can view here.

Landlords in Dane County filed for eviction more times in the first quarter of 2024 than in any previous quarter since at least 2021. This continues a worrying post-pandemic trend that has seen more tenants face the threat of eviction than ever before. A total of 689 evictions targeting 659 unique households were filed between January 1st and March 31st, 2024, a 10% increase from the same months in 2023 and more than double the number filed in the same time period in 2022.

This article comes from our Q1 2024 EDDP report, which you can view here.

Evictions profoundly impact millions nationally; however, the structure of the eviction court system conceals one of the most vulnerable demographic groups: children. Despite a lack of comprehensive national data on household compositions during evictions, it is estimated that from 2007 – 2016, 2.9 million children faced eviction filings annually, according to a 2023 study linking national eviction data with US Census Bureau statistics.

This article comes from our Q1 2024 EDDP report, which you can view here.

For the thousands of individuals and families who face eviction in Dane County each year, a single eviction can be an insurmountable barrier to securing a safe, affordable and decent home in the future. That’s because landlords routinely use the online court records system CCAP to screen potential tenants and deny housing to those who have an eviction on their record – even if the case was dismissed, settled, or filed erroneously.