Rising rental costs nationwide pushed up eviction filings far above pre-pandemic levels in parts of the country after COVID-19 protections ended, according to recent data, The Hill reported. Princeton University’s Eviction Lab, which tracks evictions in 34 cities and 10 states nationwide, found that in some cities, eviction filings are up by 50 percent or more from pre-pandemic figures. Landlords nationwide file around 3.6 million eviction cases annually. Eviction filings soared in Minneapolis/St. Paul in May, with filings reaching more than 56 percent above the average recorded before the pandemic. In March, filings were up by 106 percent from the average. And in Houston, filings in May were 50 percent greater than their pre-pandemic levels.
