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.
Map & Data
Interactive Iowa Eviction Filing Map - 2022 update
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Where did you acquire the eviction data you use in your study?The eviction data we use was acquired directly from the Iowa Judicial Branch, which maintains a statewide record of all eviction cases that are submitted to local courts.
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How do I use the map and what is the information displayed in the map?The map consists of multiple layers of data, which you can select or deselect based on what other variables and features you want to display alongside the eviction data. The data displayed in the map includes eviction cases for all 99 Iowa Counties from January 2010 - March 2021.
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Why do you have two maps?The first map in the dashboard is a county-level map that displays eviction case filing data and other select American Community Survey data. The second map below the first is a zip-code map that displays eviction case filing data at the zip-code level. This allows users to filter by county and zip-code and understand variations within a particular county or city within that county.
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