Eviction filings during bans on enforcement throughout the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time series analysis

被引:1
作者
Brown, Erika M. [1 ,2 ]
Moineddin, Rahim [3 ]
Hapsari, Ayu [4 ]
Gozdyra, Peter [5 ]
Durant, Steve [4 ]
Pinto, Andrew D. [3 ,4 ,6 ,7 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Inst Res Lab & Employment, Calif Policy Lab, Berkeley, CA USA
[2] Univ Calif San Francisco, Social Intervent Res & Evaluat Network, San Francisco, CA USA
[3] Univ Toronto, Fac Med, Dept Family & Community Med, Toronto, ON, Canada
[4] Unity Hlth Toronto, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Inst, Upstream Lab, MAP,Ctr Urban Hlth Solut, Toronto, ON, Canada
[5] Inst Clin Evaluat Sci, Toronto, ON, Canada
[6] St Michaels Hosp, Dept Family & Community Med, Toronto, ON, Canada
[7] Univ Toronto, Dalla Lana Sch Publ Hlth, Toronto, ON, Canada
来源
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH-REVUE CANADIENNE DE SANTE PUBLIQUE | 2023年 / 114卷 / 05期
关键词
Housing insecurity; Social determinants of health; Intersectoral collaboration; Health policy; COVID-19; pandemic; Residential evictions; HOME EVICTION; HEALTH;
D O I
10.17269/s41997-023-00813-1
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
ObjectiveBans on evictions were implemented to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and to protect vulnerable populations during a public health crisis. Our objective was to examine how three bans on eviction enforcement impacted eviction filings from March 2020 through January 2022 in Ontario, Canada.MethodsData were derived from eviction application records kept by the Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board. We used segmented regression analysis to model changes in the average weekly filing rates for evictions due to non-payment of rent (L1 filings) and reasons other than non-payment of rent (L2 filings).ResultsThe average number of weekly L1 and L2 applications dropped by 67.5 (95% CI: 55.2, 79.9) and 31.7 (95% CI: 26.7, 36.6) filings per 100,000 rental dwellings, respectively, following the first ban on eviction enforcement (p < 0.0001). Notably, they did not fall to zero. Level changes during the second and third bans were insubstantial and slope changes for L2 applications varied throughout the study period. The L1 filing rate appeared to increase towards the end of the study period (slope change: 1.3; 95% CI: 0.1, 2.6; p = 0.0387).ConclusionOur findings suggest that while the first ban on eviction enforcement appeared to substantially reduce filing rates, subsequent bans were less effective and none of them eliminated eviction filings altogether. Enacting upstream policies that tackle the root causes of displacement would better equip jurisdictions during future public health emergencies.
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