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Beyond Urban Displacement

Suburban Poverty and Eviction

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ID6404342
AuthorsP Hepburn (0000-0002-3589-2630, Rutgers University-Newark, corresponding author), Devin Q Rutan (0000-0001-7080-6454, Princeton University), M Desmond (0000-0002-4759-5465, Princeton University)
Year2023
Volume59
Issue3
Pages759-792
Publication date2023-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Affairs Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/10780874221085676
OpenAlexW4221085423
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited63

Eviction has been studied almost exclusively as an urban phenomenon. The growing suburbanization of poverty in the United States, however, provides new cause to analyze the prevalence and correlates of displacement beyond cities. This study analyzes urban-suburban disparities in eviction rates across 71 large metropolitan areas. We show that eviction is a common experience in suburbs as well as cities. Urban eviction rates exceed suburban rates in most cases, but one in six metropolitan areas experienced higher eviction rates in the suburbs. Multilevel models show that key correlates of eviction—especially poverty and median rent—influence eviction patterns differently in urban and suburban contexts. We explore variations in urban-suburban disparities through case studies of Milwaukee, Seattle, and Miami. Metropolitan areas with larger shifts toward suburban poverty, more expensive urban rental markets, and more segregated suburbs experience more suburban evictions

Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Eviction · Geography · Metropolitan area · Miami · Political science · Poverty · Relocation · Renting · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Suburbanization · Urban poverty · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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Unique citing works16
Citations per year5,33
Citation span2023 - 2026 (4)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 16

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