Report: Alameda County evictions rose sharply after lengthy moratorium ended
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—Alameda County recorded the largest post-pandemic increase in eviction rates in the Bay Area, according to new report from the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority.
The county’s eviction lawsuit rate rose from a baseline of 1.5 percent in 2019 to 2.3 percent in 2023, placing it third-highest among the region’s nine counties, behind only Solano and Contra Costa.
Researchers said gentrifying urban neighborhoods and eastern suburbs with growing poverty were most vulnerable to higher eviction rates.
Non-payment of rent drove the vast majority of cases, accounting for 97 percent of evictions in Hayward, 91 percent in Oakland and 89 percent in Berkeley between July and December 2023.
Alameda County’s COVID-19 eviction moratorium, one of the longest-lasting in California, ended in April 2023.
The report found sheriff lockout evictions disproportionately affected “Equity Priority Communities”—neighborhoods with large shares of minority residents, female-headed households, and families with children. Those areas make up 36 percent of the county’s households but saw 42 percent of sheriff’s evictions.
Alameda County invests the second-most in tenant legal services in the Bay Area, but its $25 per unit is far below San Francisco’s $188. Tenant advocates’ outreach helped reduce default judgments, with the county ranking in the middle of the region at 37 percent of cases.
County-by-county eviction reports are expected to be released by BAHFA in September.
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