Metraux, StephenSolge, Joshua2020-10-262020-10-262020-10https://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/27880New 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%).evictionhousingDelaware