For Immediate Release by Tenant Resource Center on 12-22-2025

The Quarter 3 2025 EDDP Program Report is now available on our EDDP website. Informed by the data we have collected on thousands of eviction cases since 2022, our quarterly Program Reports provide updates on the state of eviction in Dane County and the effect that the Eviction Diversion & Defense Partnership is having. This latest report covers the changes Tenant Resource Center has seen from July through September 2025. Here are some highlights:

Click here to view the published copy of our Q3 2025 EDDP Report covering July-September 2025.

This article comes from our Q3 2025 EDDP report, which you can view here.

72% of households facing eviction this quarter had their cases dismissed due to the efforts of the EDDP.

Eviction filings picked up in Dane County during the past three months as the county’s major source for rental assistance finished winding down, according to the latest Tenant Resource Center data. Eviction judgments also increased.

This article comes from our Q3 2025 EDDP report, which you can view here.

The third quarter of 2025 marked the end of federal Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) funding at Tenant Resource Center. Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dane County received substantial amounts of financial assistance targeted towards renters impacted by the pandemic and the financial hardships that ensued. These funds provided many renters a much-needed reprieve during a time of economic struggle.

This article comes from our Q3 2025 EDDP report, which you can view here.

Stipulated dismissals have become the primary way eviction cases are resolved since the CORE rental assistance program began winding down, according to Tenant Resource Center data. But they have also recently become the most common way tenants receive judgments of eviction.

This article comes from our Q3 2025 EDDP report, which you can view here.

The length of time between an eviction notice being taped to a tenant’s door to a sheriff removing them from their home can vary widely. To analyze how fast evictions move in Dane County, we looked at a random sample of 150 evictions from this year and broke the process down into three parts: the lease termination notice, eviction court, and outcome.

This article comes from our Q3 2025 EDDP report, which you can view here.

As discussed elsewhere in our Q3 2025 report, federal Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) funding ended on September 30, 2025. ERA funding previously made up the Eviction Diversion and Defense Partnership’s (EDDP’s) largest source of funding. As a result, in the final quarter of 2025, Tenant Resource Center is shifting some of the services offered under the EDDP for tenants in Dane County. Some of the EDDP’s services are continuing unchanged, while others are new.

This overview of eviction in Dane County appears in our Q2 EDDP Program Report for April - June 2025. Read the full Q2 2025 Report here, and last quarter's eviction overview here.

Eviction filings slowed in Dane County during the past three months, according to the latest Tenant Resource Center data. Despite fewer filings, the number of eviction judgments held steady.

Click here to view the published copy of our Q2 2025 EDDP Report covering April-June 2025.

Click here to view the published copy of our Q1 2025 EDDP Report covering January-March 2025.