two men presenting in a panel about housing journalism, at the NICAR conference
Back from #NICAR26 feeling energized! Thanks to @ire.org for having the @evictionlab.bsky.social back. And big shoutout to @outliermedia.org’s @amondry.bsky.social for sharing his experience in Detroit.
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It's been almost ten years since I read this book, and I was left astonished. It shaped the way I write and think about housing.
I never thought I would end up working with Matthew Desmond and the Eviction Lab, which was founded a few years after the publication.
Image inviting attendants to the NICAR 2026 conference to participate in Juan Pablo Garnham's panel
Are you coming to the #NICAR26 conference?
Join @amondry.bsky.social and me for a conversation about how to report on housing and homelessness challenges!
More info here: schedules.ire.org/nicar-2026/#... @ire.org
Not sure what this image has to do with the story, but the new eviction numbers out of Atlanta are dire. Believe me. Or just check the data here: evictionlab.org/eviction-tra...
NEW DATA: Landlords have filed nearly 145,000 evictions in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
This is the highest volume among all cities and states we track.
Find the breakdown below:
evictionlab.org/eviction-tra...
Please donate to support the reporters laid off from The Washington Post. Donate here: gofund.me/ce20a9be1
Facing eviction is confusing, stressful, and often lonely — especially when resources are limited.
That’s one of the reasons why the work @legalservicescorp.bsky.social does across the country is such a lifeline for renters navigating one of the hardest experiences they’ll ever go through.
“In Phoenix, we have [an eviction filing rate of] 14% for this last year, which is twice the amount of eviction filings that we see at a national level,” @jpgarnham.bsky.social told @kjzz.org
www.kjzz.org/business/202...
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fabulous work happening in the midwest US not least because tenant organizing and collectivization is some of the hardest there is
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
“More families facing housing instability means cities will need to fund more shelters and aid services.”
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
By @houstonchronicle.com’s @partainclaire.bsky.social
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“[In Austin] we are in a place that looks much worse than the previous years,” @jpgarnham.bsky.social told @kutnews.bsky.social.
www.kut.org/housing/2025...
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“Mobile homes are giving us something that is very unique right now in the United States: affordability. But the problem is that affordability comes with a cost,” Eviction Lab’s @jpgarnham.bsky.social told @news4jax.com.
www.news4jax.com/news/local/2...
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Right there in your neighborhood, @wusf.org's Gabriella Paul and Octavio Jones published this great audio + photo series: www.wusf.org/economy-busi...
Half of Americans say the cost of housing is a major source of stress in their lives. Housing reporters share how any newsroom can tackle this.
www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...
Philly, Rochester, Charleston, and Delaware. Four very different locations, but with one thing in common: taking specific and effective steps to help tenants avoid evictions.
What happens when college students with kids are threatened with Eviction?
Nothing good! @evictionlab.bsky.social has a new video explaining our research.
www.linkedin.com/posts/evicti...
Every month, I read stories of mobile home park closures across the country. This research is the first attempt to better understand this problem.
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Tomorrow!
It's time to become a housing reporter, free virtual training for journalists. June 4 at 12 ET, 9am PT
Want to learn more about how to research and write about housing? Join @raceandequityproject.org and @evictionlab.bsky.social for a free virtual training, June 4.
Register here: princeton.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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4 out of every 10 people who receive an eviction filing are children.
This research by Peter Hepburn, Danny Grubbs-Donovan, @ngraetz.bsky.social, Olivia Jin and Matthew Desmond highlights the damage that an eviction inflicts in their education.
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The "you have the right to an attorney" phrase we hear in movies is not true for most people facing homelessness in the United States. During an eviction, tenants face a hearing alone, while landlords have lawyers with them. Some cities are trying to change that and level the playing field.
🚨 NEW REPORT: Evictions are back to near pre-pandemic levels—and rising fast in places like Phoenix, Houston & Las Vegas.
In 2024, landlords filed over 1 million eviction cases in the jurisdictions we track.
Come work with us. We are looking for research specialists and an administrative assistant. More information at tinyurl.com/evictionlab2025
Eviction Lab is hiring!
Find more information about our latest job openings here: tinyurl.com/evictionlab2...
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“No podemos seguir limitándonos a tratar los síntomas. Es hora de afrontar las causas profundas del problema,” el fundador de nuestro laboratorio, Matthew Desmond, conversó con @elarjonauta.bsky.social y @elmundoes.bsky.social
www.elmundo.es/papel/histor...
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In some cases, people who fail to heed such signs that prohibit donating to homeless people can be given a citation. In other instances, police have ticketed or even arrested volunteers in California, Ohio, Texas and Arizona for feeding homeless people. A pastor was even found guilty of fire safety violations for allowing homeless people to sleep in his church. In Florida, a county fined a 71-year-old homeowner more than $90,000 for using his property to house homeless people. In South Dakota, a planning commission denied a church’s permit to operate a warming center to keep unhoused people safe in freezing weather.
A nation of bystanders that was built by laws, "policies that penalize anyone who interacts with homeless people or displays empathy."
By Leah Goodridge.
time.com/7209921/byst...
Great piece on decreased eviction filings in NYC since pre-pandemic by @jpgarnham.bsky.social showing “the importance of proactively addressing tenant’s challenges, keeping long term policies in place, and adapting over time to cover gaps”
evictionlab.org/in-the-most-...
As 2024 comes to an end, we wanted to sum up some of the eviction filing activity we’ve seen in the last year.
Although we are still waiting for December figures, this is a snapshot of how the 30+ cities and 10 states we track in our Eviction Tracking System performed in 2024. 🧵
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“We will absolutely have a labor shortage,” said George Fuller, a longtime Texas developer who is also mayor of McKinney. “Whether you want to acknowledge it or not, these industries depend on immigrant labor.”
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
"We had an avalanche of need with this hurricane, and there’s a second avalanche coming with these evictions.”
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
By @washingtonpost.com's @bradydennis.bsky.social @sarahkaplan48.bsky.social
Great to see Houston's KPRC2 using a QR on this housing story, which takes viewers to a renter's rights guide.
It should be a standard practice!
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