Eviction Moratoria & Housing Policy: Federal, State, Commonwealth, and Territory

Researchers employed longitudinal policy surveillance to comprehensively describe state responses to the eviction crisis resulting from the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and continuing through the end of substantive state intervention. The study relied on an exhaustive collection of all emergency orders and legislation that controlled the eviction process, related to protections under federal moratoria, or provided support to tenants and that were issued by state governors, courts, and legislative bodies between March 13, 2020 and March 1, 2022. Researchers developed a dynamic, novel dataset consisting of over 50 indicators which captured the temporal and substantive features of these moratoria and renter-supportive measures. To confirm that the dataset was complete, researchers provided state governors and court officials with lists of collected orders from their states and incorporated any needed additions. From this validated dataset, researchers created a time series cross-sectional dataset that tracked changes in a state’s overall eviction moratoria and supportive measures over time. For a complete description of the variables tracked, please see the codebooks included with the dataset.<br>研究人员采用纵向政策监测（longitudinal policy surveillance）方法，全面刻画了美国各州针对2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行暴发引发的驱逐危机所采取的应对举措，直至各州实质性干预措施正式终止。 本研究全面搜集了2020年3月13日至2022年3月1日期间，由各州州长、法院及立法机构发布的所有管控驱逐程序、涉及联邦暂停驱逐令（federal moratoria）保护条款、或为租户提供援助的紧急命令与立法文件。 研究人员构建了一套动态新颖的数据集，包含超过50项指标，用以捕捉上述暂停驱逐措施与租户援助政策的时间维度与实质特征。 为验证数据集的完整性，研究人员向各州州长与法院官员提供了本州已收集的命令清单，并补充了所需的遗漏内容。 基于此经过验证的数据集，研究人员进一步构建了时间序列横截面数据集，用以追踪各州整体驱逐暂停政策与援助措施随时间的变化情况。 如需了解所追踪变量的完整说明，请参阅数据集附带的代码手册（codebooks）。