Campaign Follow-Up Meeting September 25, 2018 First Baptist Church Richmond, Virginia
Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax
Update from Virginia Housing Commission
Understanding and Interpreting Eviction Data
Why we need clearer definitions: ● Evictions may be formal (court-ordered) or informal (no court intervention) ● Easiest data points to gather (via courts and sheriff) don’t paint a fully complete picture of forced moves and displacement across Virginia ● Help strategically inform and focus policy solutions
What do we know about evictions? ● Households move at multiple points in the forced move : ○ Unofficial notice, harassment ○ Legal notice ○ Unlawful detainer → Writ of possession ○ Sheriff’s office executes the writ ● Families move into poorer quality neighborhoods and housing ○ Market segmentation: Rental history, security deposit, time ● Families with children have a more difficult time than others finding housing
- Non-payment Informal - Other breach forced move - Other reason EVICTION 5 day notice Eviction filing (UD) Eviction judgement Writ of possession Sheriff-executed evictions
EVICTION Data? Richmond 2017 5 day notice NO Unknown 17,981 Eviction filing (UD) YES Eviction Lab; Va. Supreme Court; District Courts 10,929 (61%) Eviction judgement YES Eviction Lab; Va. Supreme Court; District Courts 9,381 (52%) Writ of possession LIMITED Sheriff’s Office 2,941 (16%) Sheriff evictions LIMITED Sheriff’s Office
EVICTION Data? Norfolk 2017 5 day notice NO Unknown 13,044 Eviction filing (UD) YES Eviction Lab; Va. Supreme Court; District Courts 6,451 (49%) Eviction judgement YES Eviction Lab; Va. Supreme Court; District Courts 5,844 (45%) Writ of possession LIMITED Sheriff’s Office 2,688 (21%) Sheriff evictions LIMITED Sheriff’s Office
Forced moves and displacement INFORMAL FORCED MOVES EVICTIONS
Evictions vs. Informal forced moves EVICTIONS INFORMAL FORCED MOVES ● Final result of legal process ● May or may not be during legal governed by state law eviction process ● Eviction notice served by local ● Do not have end legal sheriff’s office ramifications, but still have significant negative impacts on ● Tenant, if still occupying tenants and neighborhoods home, is forced out ● Occur much more often than ● Eviction records limit future sheriff’s evictions housing options
Verbal landlord Unsafe living statement conditions Letter from Financial Breach of Harassment landlord shock lease INFORMAL FORCED MOVES EVICTIONS
What do we know about informal forced moves? IN RICHMOND ● Homeward’s PIT count shows that more than 35% of homeless who were evicted went through an informal eviction process ELSEWHERE ● From Desmond (2012) in Milwaukee we know that 44% of all forced moves go through an informal eviction process More research is needed to understand the scope and impacts of this process.
Social Impact of Forced Moves on Educational Opportunity
Eviction Rates and Elementary School Districts : Richmond, Petersburg and Hopewell
Eviction Rates and Elementary School Districts: Norfolk
Next Steps for Data Collection And Analysis
● Analysis of Unlawful Detainer cases Fill in formal eviction flow ● Surveys and interviews with tenants Forced moves beyond formal eviction Receiving neighborhoods and housing
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