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• Atlanta Leads the Nation in Evictions. Black Renters Are Paying the Price.

  Atlanta's five-county metro filed 144,000+ eviction cases in 2025 — more than NYC. Black renters make up 52% of renters but 70% of eviction cases.

• Austin's Eviction Filings Surged 30% in 2025 — The Fastest Rise of Any City in America

  Austin, Texas saw the largest increase in eviction filings of any tracked US city in 2025 — up 30% vs baseline. The tech boom inflated rents 40%+.

• Charleston Has the Third-Highest Eviction Rate in America. Tourism Dollars Don't Trickle Down to Renters.

  Charleston, SC's 17% eviction filing rate is #3 in the nation.

• Columbus, Ohio: The Boomtown That's Evicting Its Way Through Its Own Success

  Columbus is Ohio's economic miracle — Intel, Nationwide, the fastest-growing metro in the state.

• Gainesville Is a College Town. Its Black Renters Are Absorbing 53% of Eviction Filings at 24% of the Renter Population.

  Gainesville, FL has had eviction filings 46% above pre-pandemic levels — among the highest surges tracked by Princeton's Eviction Lab.

• Greenville, South Carolina: The Eviction Crisis Behind the "Overnight Success Story"

  Greenville, SC was just named one of America's best towns to visit. Its eviction filing rate is the second-highest in the nation.

• Houston, Texas: The Eviction That Never Comes Off Your Record

  Harris County filed more than 75,000 evictions in 2025. In Texas, an eviction filing generally can't be sealed or removed — even if you win, even if you pay.

• Indianapolis Has the Sixth-Highest Eviction Rate in America. One Landlord Filed 285 Evictions in a Year.

  Indianapolis's 14% eviction filing rate is #6 nationally. 116,489 eviction cases in four years. One landlord: 285 filings in 12 months.

• Kansas City, Missouri: A $62 Filing Fee and the City That Fought Back

  In Jackson County, it costs a landlord just $62 to file an eviction — one of the lowest fees in America.

• Las Vegas, Nevada: What Happened Behind the Marquee

  Sammy Davis Jr. and Nat King Cole headlined the Strip but couldn't walk through the front door.

• Memphis Has One of the Highest Eviction Rates in America. 81% of Those Evicted Are Black. Out-of-State Landlords Filed One-Third of the Cases.

  27,658 eviction filings in Shelby County in 2025. 81% of those evicted were Black despite Black renters being 67% of the renter population.

• Milwaukee Has the Worst Racial Eviction Disparity in America. The Researcher Who Discovered It Wrote His Book Here.

  36% of Milwaukee renters are Black. 66% of eviction filings target Black renters — the worst racial disparity of any city tracked by Princeton's Eviction Lab.

• Phoenix, Arizona: When Eviction Becomes a Heat Death

  Maricopa County filed nearly 85,000 evictions in 2025 — a 14% filing rate, double the national average.

• Richmond Has the Second-Highest Eviction Rate in America. Researchers Say Race

  Richmond, Virginia's 24% eviction filing rate is #2 in the nation. VCU researchers found that race — not income — is the single most decisive factor.

• St. Louis, Missouri: The One Street Where Eviction Splits in Two

  Cross Delmar Boulevard in St. Louis and life expectancy drops 15 years, home values fall by a quarter-million dollars, and eviction becomes twice as likely.

• Tampa, Florida: They Paved the Harlem of the South. Now Wall Street Owns the Rest

  Tampa's Central Avenue was the 'Harlem of the South' until a highway erased it.