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Analysis of Rental Survey,
Evictions, and
Unemployment
ESF-14 Housing Group
Prepared by Mohit Agrawal, OTG

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 Two Approaches

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• Study the relationship between eviction
rates and unemployment
• Eviction rates: data from Princeton’s Eviction
Lab
• Unemployment: initial claims from CTDOL

• Survey of residential landlords
• Asked about characteristics of the landlord,
impact of COVID on their tenants and their
businesses, change in collection rates, and
change in eviction rates

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Landlord Survey

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• Strong response:
• Survey had 428 valid responses
• Responses represented 41470 units, 8.8% of
total

• Survey responses were representative:
• 37.7% of units in Bridgeport, Danbury,
Hartford, New Haven, or Waterbury
• Median prices: $791, $950, $1200, $1361
• % of units: 10% studio, 49% 1-bedroom
• Units/building: median of 6.3, average 31.6
• % respondents with < 5 units: 26%
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 Landlord Survey: Collections

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• April 2019: 95.2%
• April 2020: 82.9%
• Year 2019: 95.2%
• Year 2020 (average): 87.8%
• Year 2020 (best): 78.8%
• Year 2020 (worst): 91.8%
• Change: -8.4pp

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 Landlord Survey: Evictions
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2019: 4.0%
2020 (average): 7.2%
2020 (best): 4.3%
2020 (worst): 12.7%

• Change: 3.2pp

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