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January 31, 2025

Catriona Farquharson on eviction policies

How much do eviction moratoria impact rents?

Catriona Farquharson is a Senior Research Specialist at Princeton University. She sat down for an interview at the 2025 AEA poster session to talk about US eviction policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Contrary to some expectations, she found that that moratoria and stronger tenant protections were associated with lower rent hikes in 2020 and 2021.

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Eviction Policy and the Rental Market: Evidence from Covid-19 Moratoria

During the Covid-19 pandemic, state and federal moratoria halted eviction filings across the United States. Using variation in state policies and monthly rent data from over 2000 U.S. ZIP codes, I show that stronger tenant protections were associated with lower rent hikes in 2020 and 2021. I find that . . .

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