This article comes from our Q2 2024 EDDP report, which you can view here.

Navigating the legal system after receiving an eviction filing is already a difficult task. This challenge can become even more insurmountable when part of your landlord’s eviction filing consists of junk fees or charges that are not your responsibility under the rental agreement. These fees make it even more difficult for tenants to obtain and maintain stable, affordable housing. Examples of such fees include nonrefundable deposits, convenience fees, punitive charges, court costs, or excessive late fees.

This article comes from our Q2 2024 EDDP report, which you can view here.

A significant group of tenants in Dane County are subject to frequent, repeated, and harmful eviction filings by their landlord, Tenant Resource Center data shows. More than a quarter of all tenants who have faced eviction since 2023 have been brought to court by the same landlord at least once before.

This article comes from our Q2 2024 EDDP report, which you can view here.

Stipulated dismissal agreements can be an effective and mutually beneficial way for a landlord and tenant to resolve an eviction, but these agreements are frequently unfair, unrealistic and coercive to tenants – and ultimately result in an eviction judgment, a TRC analysis shows.

This article comes from our Q2 2024 EDDP report, which you can view here.

Eviction is a devastating but poorly understood reality for hundreds of families in Dane County each year. A new Tenant Resource Center eviction map, utilizing data that has never been publicly available, uncovers where tenants face eviction and which communities are most frequently targeted by landlords.

Click here to view the published copy of our Q1 2024 EDDP Report covering January-March 2024.

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.

Click here to view the published copy of our 2023 EDDP Report covering January-December 2023.

This article comes from our 2023 EDDP Year-End report, which you can view here.

Most evictions ended in dismissals due to the efforts of the EDDP program and its partners; 82% of cases were dismissed.