Eviction Filings in Delaware July 1 - September 20, 2020
Date
2020-10
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Center for Community Research & Service; Biden School of Public Policy & Administration, University of Delaware
Abstract
New eviction filings rose 38.2 percent – from 521 filings in July 2020 to 720 filings in September 2020. This was still well below the 1,500 new filings for an average month prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. 4.5 percent of the 643 landlords that filed new evictions accounted for 38.6 percent of the 1,731 new evictions during the 3-month period. 68.7 percent of the filing landlords (442) submitted a single eviction filing (25.5 percent of all evictions). In 83 percent of filings, landlords were represented in court—either by an
attorney (21%) or a Form 50 agent (62%).
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eviction, housing, Delaware