Title
An Integrated Data System Lens Into Evictions and Their Effects
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Richter F.G.C.
Coulton C.
Urban A.
Steh S.
Publisher(s)
Routledge
Abstract
This study uses linked administrative records to examine the disruptive effects of eviction on adults and children in low-income households. By linking eviction filings for the City of Cleveland, Ohio, with administrative records, we depict residential mobility, homeless shelter use, and children’s school attendance for households, spanning a period of 2 years before and after the filings. Using difference-in-differences models, we find that eviction orders further erode housing stability, with differential impacts for tenants of private and public housing. Children of evicted households have lower rates of lead testing relative to children of nonevicted households, despite the extremely high levels of poisoning both groups exhibit. These findings point to the need to focus on eviction prevention, in conjunction with an overall strategy to address the weaknesses in our social safety net and housing programs. Throughout the analyses we discuss the potential and challenges of using linked administrative data to understand the consequences of evictions with the goal of informing social and housing policy.
Start page
762
End page
784
Volume
31
Issue
May 3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Geografía económica y cultural Geografía social, Geografía económica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85111929889
Source
Housing Policy Debate
ISSN of the container
10511482
Source funding
Ford Foundation
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by the Ford Foundation; the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland; and the Sisters of Charity Foundation, Cleveland. This study was made possible with support from the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, Cleveland Municipal Court of Housing, the City of Cleveland, the Sisters of Charity Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. The authors would also like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their insights.
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