Eviction

An OLD apartment building being restored.

 Montgomery has the highest eviction rate in Alabama...so a story on today's NPR broadcast may be of special interest here.

Montgomery eviction figures from The Eviction Lab.

Eviction Filing Rate

8%

MIN: 5.6%

MAX: 11%

Eviction Filings

3k

MIN: 2.1k

MAX: 4.2k

Population

227k

"Some 80% of landlords have lawyers, but just 3% of tenants do. Those facing eviction are also disproportionately people of color, reflecting generations of racial discrimination in real estate, banking and the labor market."

Listen to the full story HERE.