Extended-stay hotels - the last open door for many navigating housing crisis
On Monday, October 5th, 2021, a fire ravaged Valley West Inn in West Des Moines, an extended-stay hotel that housed more than 150 people....
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Why Eviction Data Access Matters?
Data transparency, particularly eviction access matters to increasing awareness about critical housing issues and strengthening community’s response to said issues. Local courts are processing eviction cases Monday - Friday. Even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and throughout an active evictions moratorium issued by the Center for Disease Control, eviction filings and case hearings have been active.
Access to eviction data is the first step to communicating the impact of evictions, increasing awareness, understanding, and exploring opportunities for collaborative approaches to prevention and intervention. Through increased eviction data access, unevictIA project aims to connect and strengthen the capacity of stakeholders in the public, non-profit, and private sectors to explore and act on opportunities to engage in eviction prevention. unevictIA project will develop a zip-code level Iowa eviction data dashboard that can be used to conduct responsive and targeted eviction prevention outreach while investigating opportunities for advocacy and systems level transformative change.
Why Eviction Data Access Matters?
Data transparency, particularly eviction access matters to increasing awareness about critical housing issues and strengthening community’s response to said issues. Local courts are processing eviction cases Monday - Friday. Even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and throughout an active evictions moratorium issued by the Center for Disease Control, eviction filings and case hearings have been active.
Access to eviction data is the first step to communicating the impact of evictions, increasing awareness, understanding, and exploring opportunities for collaborative approaches to prevention and intervention. Through increased eviction data access, unevictIA project aims to connect and strengthen the capacity of stakeholders in the public, non-profit, and private sectors to explore and act on opportunities to engage in eviction prevention. unevictIA project will develop a zip-code level Iowa eviction data dashboard that can be used to conduct responsive and targeted eviction prevention outreach while investigating opportunities for advocacy and systems level transformative change.
A research initiative that seeks to make zip code and dwelling unit level eviction data accessible to communities across the state of Iowa.
Why Eviction Data Matters
Iowa communities need access to standardized and reliable eviction data, so we can understand how and where our current housing system is failing households with limited incomes who are one late rent payment away from experiencing a housing crisis.
Our Vision
unevictIA seeks to reduce eviction rates across Iowa communities. Access to eviction data is an integral first step to materializing this vision. Eviction data reveals to us critical information and patterns about who is being evicted, where evictions are occurring, and the implications for how organizations and public agencies develop solutions to limit the experience of evictions in our community.
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