Eviction cases pending in Boston area census tracts

At least 743 eviction cases were filed from January through September 2020. There are thousands of eviction cases in the pipeline statewide, and many more could follow after the eviction ban ends.

5 10 15 20 25 or more eviction filings

Data includes filings from Eastern Housing Court, housing courts in Chelsea, Brookline, Cambridge, Newton, Somerville, and the following BMC courts — Brighton, Central, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Roxbury, South Boston and West Roxbury. Each filing was geocoded to a census tract and only cases that were active, open, or suspended due to COVID-19 at the time the data was first collected are included in the analysis. Some case statuses may have updated and may not show up in the analysis.

Source: Massachusetts courts data collected by The Eviction Lab and January Advisors

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